Universal Turing Machines, Part 5: She Puts the Symbol on the Tape

The last routine left us conveniently positioned on the s character of the symbol which is to be copied to the marked position on the simulated tape. The marked tape symbol is also fully marked up, so as we copy…

Universal Turing Machines, Part 4: Symbol Lookup

All right, so far we are assured that a marked symbol is on the simulated tape, and the machine head somewhere nearby. We will now have to find the appropriate transition rule in the encoded machine. We will loop through…