This is a longer piece with some of the thinking behind The Universal Turing Machine. Everyone who embarks on a Turing Machine memoir notices at some stage that it’s fun. It’s a fun way to write, when writing is often difficult. It’s also important. Our memories are something we have to share, and one of the best ways to share is by writing them down, a year and a thousand words at a time.
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