Subscribe to RSS feedFrom a student today in office hours before today's midterm: "How many times will the word automata appear in the test, including its use in acronyms like DFA, NFA, GNFA, and WTFA?"
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Automata
Category: Computer Science • Funny Ha Ha
Posted on: May 9, 2008 3:48 PM, by Dave Bacon
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This may be an incredibly stupid question, but what's a WTFA? I have a Master's in C.S., and neither Google nor myself knows the answer.
Posted by: Sage | May 9, 2008 4:25 PM
A What The F*** Automaton?
Posted by: Anthony | May 9, 2008 5:00 PM
Anthony is correct. I guess its obvious to the text messaging/IM generation?
Posted by: Dave Bacon | May 9, 2008 9:08 PM