Misunderstandings about state machines
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The definition of a finite state machine (called also for simplicity a state machine) seems to be not quite obvious and requires discussion. The concept, although born 50 years ago, is still not well understood or interpreted in the software domain, despite its wide application in hardware design. Misunderstandings about state machines have produced several stories and half-truths: for instance the states explosion phenomenon which discourages the usage of this very useful concept. The concept of the state machine has been several times (unintentionally?) reinvented for software.
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