Question

Do you think a computer would function without a RAM and ROM? Give
reasons

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Answer 1

ANSWER;

If you’re saying “without any memory whatever” - then no.

But if you’re LITERALLY saying “Without Random Access Memory (RAM) and Read-only Memory (ROM)” - then yes.

There were old-school computers out there that used things like mercury delay lines and magnetic drum-storage machines to hold data and code and unique “register” memory for intermediate calculations. Neither kind of memory was randomly accessible (you had to wait for the data to come around - like a magnetic tape drive or a CD-ROM) - and all three forms of memory were read-write - so they worked reasonably well without either RAM or ROM.

So in the literal sense of your question - yes, you can do without RAM and ROM - but in the sense that you are likely thinking about - no, you do need some kind of memory in order for something to be “programmable” - which is more or less the modern definition of a “computer”.

Specifically - a “computer” is generally required to be “turing complete” - which is to say “capable of emulating a Turing Engine” - and since Turing Engines need memory - that’s a show-stopper.