Quoting Dr. Nikolaus Klepp (dr.klepp@???):

> Am Donnerstag, 8. Dezember 2016 schrieb Rick Moen:
> > So, banning software patents is difficult, because of the ease of
> > instantiating software in hardware.
>
> On the contrary, it's quite easy: what ever can be implemented using a
> turing machine is not patentable.

What _can't_ be implemented using a Turing machine? I don't think
you've though out the problem well. (Note: I accept the Church-Turing
thesis.)