Re: Perl Quiz of the Week #24 (Turing Machine simulation)

Ronald J. Kimball wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 15, 2004 at 11:53:21AM -0400, 
> colin.rafferty-/PgpppG8B+R7qynMiXIxWgC/G2K4zDHf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> John J. Trammell wrote:

>>> I'd say this is a perfect example of a customization that a user may
>>> wish to apply, but this should be implemented via command-line options,

>> I disagree.  I think that without it, you cannot specify any finite
>> initial state of a turing machine.

> You are mistaken.  You can easily include instructions to move the tape
> head to the appropriate position on the tape before executing the actual
> program.

Good point.  I hadn't thought of that.

-- 
Colin