Quote #653
John von Neumann draws attention to what seemed to him a contrast. He
remarked that for simple mechanisms, it is often easier to describe how they
work than what they do, while for more complicated mechanisms, it is usually
the other way around.
-- E. Dijkstra (Trip Reports, 213)
John von Neumann draws attention to what seemed to him a contrast. He
remarked that for simple mechanisms, it is often easier to describe how they
work than what they do, while for more complicated mechanisms, it is usually
the other way around.
-- E. Dijkstra (Trip Reports, 213)
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