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"its current state" can include a great deal of information. An FSM can trivially count by having states for each number that it will count. It's finite (unlike a Turing Machine) but it's still perfectly able to count. I think you might need a better example.

S.Lott
– S.Lott

2011-07-22 11:20:47 +00:00
Commented Jul 22, 2011 at 11:20
the sofware in your cell-phone is a collection of hideously complex state-machine which remember many data and interpret them according to the current state.

Mawg
– Mawg

2013-01-10 00:17:43 +00:00
Commented Jan 10, 2013 at 0:17

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