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>From: c89ponga@odalix.ida.liu.se (Pontus Gagge)
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Subject: Re: Table-lookup Chinese speaker
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Date: 15 Feb 92 19:57:51 GMT
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ske@pkmab.se (Kristoffer Eriksson) writes:

[Irrelevant duelling omitted]
[Discussion of what table-lookup we really are talking about]

>Next, as was recently suggested, one can take all past input together with
>the current input, as the adress into the table. Now we start getting some-
>where. This is quite powerful, as it definitely allows the system to modify
>its behaviour based on past experience to any extent desired. However, it
>still requires every possible combination of events, in any sequence, to
>be worked out at table construction time, and the table quickly takes on an
>absolutely unmanagable size. At the same time, the table will probably
>contain vast amounts of redundant data. The table size explodes with the
>desired run time, without bound. (3)

I hereby declare that this nbr. 3 model is the table-lookup I am talking
about, with the maximum one century limitations of conversations. I pledge
to explicitly state whenever I am considering reductions or extensions
of this model.

[Discussions of various ways to clutter the definition above with various
 redundant functions, such as rewritability, omitted]

[Various other subthreads adressed in one humongous :-) posting]

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