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Subject: The Ackermann function
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Date: Thu, 3-Dec-87 10:50:58 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec  3 10:50:58 1987
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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
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