Every program runs on some kind of machine, be it an intel processor, an abstract model of a programming language or the laws of the universe. A program can know its own source code in terms it can execute, i.e. commands that are understood by the interpreter.
But I am not sure what point you are trying to make exactly in the above comment.
But I am not sure what point you are trying to make exactly in the above comment.
Vladimir Nesov was criticizing lukeprog’s phrase “world out there” claiming that the “map in your head should accurately reflect the world, not just the part of the world that’s “out there”″. I agree, but if you are accurate then you have to admit that it isn’t completely possible to do so.
Every program runs on some kind of machine, be it an intel processor, an abstract model of a programming language or the laws of the universe. A program can know its own source code in terms it can execute, i.e. commands that are understood by the interpreter.
But I am not sure what point you are trying to make exactly in the above comment.
Vladimir Nesov was criticizing lukeprog’s phrase “world out there” claiming that the “map in your head should accurately reflect the world, not just the part of the world that’s “out there”″. I agree, but if you are accurate then you have to admit that it isn’t completely possible to do so.