[Haskell-cafe] More on performance

[Kim-Ee Yeoh]

Jon Harrop wrote:
> 
> On Wednesday 04 June 2008 11:05:52 Luke Palmer wrote:
>> Given unbounded time and space, you will still arrive at the same result
>> regardless of the complexity. 
> 
> Given that the set of computers with unbounded time and space is empty, is
> it 
> not fruitless to discuss its properties?
> 

The set of omnipotent people is also empty. That has not stopped 
homo sapiens from discussing /its/ properties. All history is ever 
only such a discussion for nothing fires up the imagination nor 
provokes acts of brilliant foolhardiness like the unattainable.


-- Kim-Ee

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