2001 Turing Award

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <slrna663pr.d87.philh at comuno.freeserve.co.uk>,
phil hunt <philh at comuno.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>On Thu, 7 Feb 2002 12:20:50 -0800, Keith Keller <kkeller at speakeasy.net> wrote:
>>In article <mailman.1013109679.5469.python-list at python.org>,
>>	James_Althoff at i2.com writes:
>>> 
>>> I'm happy to pass on the news that the 2001 Turing Award, the highest
>>> award in computer science
>>
>>Damn--I thought the award was for the person who best impersonated
>>a Turing machine.  :)
>
>But only using 9 commands.

I can impersonate that Turing machine in 7 commands.
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