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Talk:Alternating 1-based Minsky machine
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Is there actually any observable difference between a 1-based and a 0-based Minsky machine? All that really matters is the number of times each counter has been incremented and successfully decremented (with the conditional checking to see if the counter has been incremented and successfully decremented an equal number of times), and the actual starting value is just a convenience used when thinking about the program and/or an implementation detail. --ais523 16:38, 31 January 2024 (UTC)