Path: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: olcott Newsgroups: comp.theory Subject: Re: Hypothetical possibilities Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2024 22:25:39 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 42 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2024 05:25:40 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="9ab67b95e26d71c9bf3d4bab69c0e6c7"; logging-data="4138042"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1//gjqhfaMNnNUY1lPAEYXw" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:Ymgp+UdVjeU99jjfUTzFH6/cUEY= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2478 On 7/20/2024 3:03 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > [ Followup-To: set ] > > In comp.theory Fred. Zwarts wrote: > > [ .... ] > >> Olcott could not point to an error, but prefers to ignore it. So, I will >> repeat it, until either an error is found, or olcott admits that HHH >> cannot possibly simulate itself correctly. > > This has the disadvantage of making your posts boring to read. All but > one poster on this newsgroup KNOW that Olcott is wrong, here. > > Continually repeating your argument won't get him to admit he's wrong. > Richard has been trying that for much longer than you have, with the > same lack of success. Olcott's lack of capacity for abstract reasoning, > combined with his ignorance, combined with his arrogance, prevent him > learning at all. > > May I suggest that you reconsider your strategy of endless repetition? > > Thanks! > I have made slight changes to what I have been saying nearly every day. This is my newest clearest way of saying it: void DDD() { HHH(DDD); return; } DDD correctly simulated by any pure function HHH cannot possibly reach its own return instruction. -- Copyright 2024 Olcott "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer