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"I consider this pretty rude, ad-hoc and act of vandalism" This is where you lost me... –  Yannis Jul 2 '13 at 23:01
IMO, it essentially is a link only answer pointing to wikipedia. If you expanded on it, then you might have more to stand on for why it should be undeleted. –  bluefeet Jul 2 '13 at 23:03
Could you post a screenshot here for our evaluation? –  Undo the Snowman Jul 2 '13 at 23:04
@Undo: No screenshot needed - the answer is short enough to post in a comment: "Read up on the halting problem and then think of its proof applied to the mutability decision." –  animuson Jul 2 '13 at 23:05
@animuson Ahh, than... –  Undo the Snowman Jul 2 '13 at 23:05
@bluefeet: the answer would be as good without having a link just the term. I just added the link for convenience to people who actually want to read some more details. The meat of the answer is just that the stated problem is an equivalent one to the halting problem. –  Balog Pal Jul 2 '13 at 23:09
C++ questions really get that much attention within just 24 hours? I'm speechless. –  Felix Jul 2 '13 at 23:15
@BenjaminGruenbaum: I redacted that part. –  Balog Pal Jul 2 '13 at 23:43
@BalogPal - Edit revisions are archived. –  Jack Maney Jul 2 '13 at 23:45
"I see no point to waste time on contribution" At least you didn't waste a lot of time on that answer. –  AndrewC Jul 2 '13 at 23:58
@JackManey: I'm well aware of that. And the point is? –  Balog Pal Jul 2 '13 at 23:59
@BalogPal - The point is that since the edit history is visible, you performed an edit, not a redaction. –  Jack Maney Jul 3 '13 at 0:00
@BalogPal - FYI, and in response to your latest edit, you can find instructions for deleting your account here‌​. –  Jack Maney Jul 3 '13 at 1:28
Related: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/8231/… –  Aaron Bertrand Jul 3 '13 at 20:04

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I'm actually with Balog Pal here.


Without the link, his answer sums up as:





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It's a comment at best. You can't answer a question tagged algorithms by telling someone to go read Knuth and think about it. –  Bill the Lizard Jul 2 '13 at 23:33
Thanks, some ray of hope –  Balog Pal Jul 2 '13 at 23:35

Now with official endorsement by Bill

From what animuson is informing me, your answer is








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please confirm that you do not understand neither the question or the answer. I repeat, the link is NOT necessary at all. –  Balog Pal Jul 2 '13 at 23:12
@BalogPal I completely understand both. Please read my answer. –  Undo the Snowman Jul 2 '13 at 23:12
I don;t care about the attached rep at all, it's a matter of honor and principles –  Balog Pal Jul 2 '13 at 23:14
@BalogPal: Someone probably flagged it as "low quality" and the moderator acted accordingly. You have to admit that it really isn't a great answer. –  Felix Jul 2 '13 at 23:16
@Felix Personally, I would have. –  Undo the Snowman Jul 2 '13 at 23:16
That's not a summary of the answer. That is the answer in its entirety. –  Bill the Lizard Jul 2 '13 at 23:31
@Bill Are you going to write something up? Might sound better coming from you than from me. –  Undo the Snowman Jul 2 '13 at 23:32
Nope, your answer looks good to me. :) –  Bill the Lizard Jul 2 '13 at 23:34
@BilltheLizard Thanks! –  Undo the Snowman Jul 2 '13 at 23:34
@BalogPal - A matter of honor? Really? Are you a Klingon? –  Jack Maney Jul 2 '13 at 23:46
@BenjaminGruenbaum - What effort? The answer consisted of a link to Wikipedia. –  Jack Maney Jul 2 '13 at 23:56
@Balog I'm sorry to see you go. –  Undo the Snowman Jul 3 '13 at 2:43


Let's go over your protestations.







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The "already linked" is not true, as it happened after my post, or at the same second. –  Balog Pal Jul 2 '13 at 23:41
I'm having a hard time understanding how a good answer about how pigs can't fly would involve avionics. Lift yes, but avionics? ;-) –  lnafziger Jul 2 '13 at 23:42
@lnafziger Sorry, was watching the first season of JAG while composing this answer. It was the episode where the cubans were downloading the avionic software from an F-14 Tomcat. I meant to say, aviation physics. –  George Stocker Jul 2 '13 at 23:47
Haha, I just thought that it was amusing is all! –  lnafziger Jul 2 '13 at 23:49
Your analogy is horrible. The correct analogy is not "they don't have wings", it's a marginally better link to the Wikipedia article on the physics of flight... –  Wooble Jul 3 '13 at 1:56

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