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0 pointsLesZedCB11y ago0 comments

Von Neumann architecture isn't the only form of computation that exists.

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Pxtl11y ago

Fair enough. I obviously meant a typical desktop/laptop/smartphone/server/whatever.

True. If it were, what humans do with their biological CPUs would be impossible. Too bad we don't understand our own brains.

ivanca11y ago

In our defense, they didn't grow to be understood but to serve its purpose. So it's akin to a code base with billions of years in the making, without any good documentation.

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Pxtl11y ago

Fair enough. I obviously meant a typical desktop/laptop/smartphone/server/whatever.

lutusp11y ago

True. If it were, what humans do with their biological CPUs would be impossible. Too bad we don't understand our own brains.

ivanca11y ago

In our defense, they didn't grow to be understood but to serve its purpose. So it's akin to a code base with billions of years in the making, without any good documentation.

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