Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!cmcl2!brl-adm!umd5!cgs From: cgs@umd5.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: The Ackermann function Message-ID: <2093@umd5.umd.edu> Date: Thu, 3-Dec-87 10:50:58 EST Article-I.D.: umd5.2093 Posted: Thu Dec 3 10:50:58 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 6-Dec-87 17:15:33 EST Organization: University of Maryland, College Park Lines: 12 Would someone please explain to me what it is good for/what it models ? Besides testing how long a function call takes, since it is nested very deeply in some parts of the evaluation... I keep getting 'introduced' to it, but never any history of it is provided. adthanksvance -- --==---==---==-- .. O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! .. ARPA: cgs@umd5.UMD.EDU BITNET: cgs%umd5@umd2 UUCP: ..!uunet!umd5.umd.edu!cgs