Computers Ltd What They Really Can't Do

Name: Computers Ltd What They Really Can't Do
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ISBN: 9780198604426

ISBN-10: 0198604424

ISBN-13: 9780198604426

Edition: 2003

Authors: David Harel

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Computers are incredible. They are one of the most important inventions of the 20th century, dramatically and irrevocably changing the way we live. That is the good news. The bad news is that there are still major limitations to computers, serious problems that not even the most powerful computers can solve. The consequences of such limitations can be serious. Too often these limits get overlooked, in the quest for bigger, better, and more powerful computers. In Computers Ltd., David Harel, best-selling author of Algorithmics, explains and illustrates one of the most fundamental, yet under-exposed facets of computers - their inherent limitations. Looking at the bad news that is proven,…

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List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/11/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.08" wide x 7.72" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English




What's it all about



Sometimes we can't do it



Sometimes we can't afford to do it



Sometimes we just don't know



Trying to ease the pain



Turning bad into good



Can we ourselves do any better