(2023-02-19, 05:48 PM)David001 Wrote: Well I don't know, on a PC (which is typical) you have a set the computer reads an opcode (a set of bits) that forces it to perform some sort of test - e.g. compare a specific register with zero. This sets a bit in another register known as the condition codes. Then the computer reads the next opcode, which forces it to perform the following if the condition codes are set - it reads some more bits that are (typically) added to the Instruction Pointer (yey another register).
That is a bit rough and ready, but I can't see a decision in that lot, and anyway, at that level there is absolutely no context.
Yup. It would be like saying a pinball machine is making decisions.
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