CARDIAC: CARDboard Illustrative Aid to Computation

[Peter Van Roy]

(10-12-2014 05:47 PM)Thomas Klemm Wrote:  In the manual a program to play "Single-Pile Nim" is developed. A slightly different rule is used as you may not remove the same amount of pebbles as your opponent during his turn. In other words, if your opponent has just taken two pebbles, you may take one or three, but not two.

I had one of those as a kid and I was amazed how it could do something intelligent while I was just executing simple instructions. A perfect Chinese Room experiment.

Peter