Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Mikko Newsgroups: comp.theory Subject: Re: Every D(D) simulated by H presents non-halting behavior to H ### Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 11:18:26 +0300 Organization: - Lines: 85 Message-ID: References: <-5Gdnf-nQvstC6b7nZ2dnZfqnPadnZ2d@brightview.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 10:18:27 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="bb0140eb8e3c9ba5fc89ab7b6cff7d6e"; logging-data="816514"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19a7fqnpiKLOGALW95b9rkP" User-Agent: Unison/2.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:I7GpKckULVaIj/GmlO2mtKzQuXk= Bytes: 4187 On 2024-05-14 14:35:42 +0000, olcott said: > On 5/14/2024 4:52 AM, Mikko wrote: >> On 2024-05-13 14:43:09 +0000, olcott said: >> >>> On 5/13/2024 4:14 AM, Mikko wrote: >>>> On 2024-05-13 04:54:30 +0000, immibis said: >>>> >>>>> On 10/05/24 19:55, Alan Mackenzie wrote: >>>>>> [ Followup-To: set ] >>>>>> >>>>>> In comp.theory olcott wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> [ .... ] >>>>>> >>>>>> I've tried out your much spammed code on GCC (see below).  It is clear >>>>>> you have never built or run this code, which ironically can't reach Line >>>>>> 06.  It can't even reach line 00. >>>>>> >>>>>>> Richard tried to get away with D never simulated by H as an example >>>>>>> of D simulated by H: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Message-ID: >>>>>>> On 5/1/2024 7:28 PM, Richard Damon wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> *That people say they know I am wrong yet will not show the detailed* >>>>>>> *steps of how I am wrong indicates that they are probably liars* >>>>>> >>>>>> You have said, or at least implied that your code fragment is runnable. >>>>>> I think you are the liar, here. >>>>>> >>>>>>> 00 int H(ptr x, ptr x)  // ptr is pointer to int function >>>>>>> 01 int D(ptr x) >>>>>>> 02 { >>>>>>> 03   int Halt_Status = H(x, x); >>>>>>> 04   if (Halt_Status) >>>>>>> 05     HERE: goto HERE; >>>>>>> 06   return Halt_Status; >>>>>>> 07 } >>>>>>> 08 >>>>>>> 09 int main() >>>>>>> 10 { >>>>>>> 11   H(D,D); >>>>>>> 12 } >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> .  These are the diagnostics generated by GCC: >>>>>> >>>>> And the halting problem is about Turing machines, anyway. >>>> >>>> Not necessarily. The same question can be asked about different machines. >>>> The restriction to Turing machines is just one way to ensure that the >>>> problem is well defined. >>>> >>> >>> Well put. All computable functions even if written in C. >> >> You still must ensure that the problem is well defined. With C there is >> the problem that conforming C programs often fail to be strictly conforming. >> If a program is not strictly conforming it may be interpreted as halting >> by some implementation and non-halting or incorrect by another. >> > > 00 int H(ptr x, ptr x) // ptr is pointer to int function > 01 int D(ptr x) > 02 { > 03 int Halt_Status = H(x, x); > 04 if (Halt_Status) > 05 HERE: goto HERE; > 06 return Halt_Status; > 07 } > 08 > 09 int main() > 10 { > 11 H(D,D); > 12 } > > One can correctly determine that every D simulated by H > never reaches past its own line 03. That is not strictly conforming and hardly conforming at all. -- Mikko