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Costa de Beauregard has criticized the notion of reversible computation, invented by Charles Bennett and expounded by this author. Costa de Beauregard states that my work includes fantastic claims. This is a rebuttal.
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Landauer, R. Response to “The computer and the heat engine”. Found Phys 19, 729–732 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00731908
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