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How hard can it be to fathom a program that fits on an index card?
Busy Beaver Hunters Reach Numbers That Overwhelm Ordinary Math | Quanta Magazine
The quest to find the longest-running simple computer program has identified a new champion. It’s physically impossible to write out the numbers involved using standard mathematical notation.
www.quantamagazine.org
August 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
How hard can it be to fathom a program that fits on an index card?
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