Busy Beaver/the Busy Beaver Function %cf%83

Famous quotes containing the words busy, beaver and/or function:

    “Now ‘tis nought
    But restless hurry through the busy air,
    Beat by unnumbered wings.”
    —James Thomson (1700–1748)

    “I saw young Harry with his beaver on,
    His cuisses on his thighs, gallantly armed,
    Rise from the ground like feathered Mercury,
    And vaulted with such ease into his seat
    As if an angel dropped down from the clouds
    To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus,
    And witch the world with noble horsemanship.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “We are thus able to distinguish thinking as the function which is to a large extent linguistic.”
    —Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897–1934)