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by xondono 1797 days ago
By this logic a 74LS138 is a “digital computer”.

It’s limited because it has only 3 bits, but if you play with the input bits, the output bits change!

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you're trying to say because a decoder maps n -> 2^n that it's comparable to a QC. lol. my friend you clearly don't understand interference and entanglement.

btw the circuits in quantum circuits clearly aren't just combinational since they evolve in time.

No I’m not, all I’m saying is that by OPs logic, I can claim to have a computer with only a part of it.

“It’s not very useful but it can make computations” is a very low bar to pass, and very basic discrete (classical) logic can clear that without problems.

you do realize that ENIAC, i.e. the computer that arguably helped the US win ww2, only had about 15 bits right?