Author: blass uri
Date: 23:46:39 08/03/99
I ask this question because I saw cases when Hiarcs did stupid blunders when my Hiarcs could not reproduce the moves. My question is what is the probability that a program is going to do what it is told to do? I know that one claim about proofs in mathematics by a computer programs is that they are probabilistic proof because it is possible that one bit in the computer was moved and the result is false. Of course the probability that humans did a mistake in the proof is bigger and my question is what is the probability that a computer is going to do what it is told to do. If the probability is 0.99999999999 for one machine instruction then it is dangerous but if the probability is 0.9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 then practically there is no problem. The reply to my question may be machine dependent. Uri
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