Path: ...!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: olcott Newsgroups: comp.theory,sci.logic Subject: Re: Flat out dishonest or totally ignorant? Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2024 08:24:35 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 70 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2024 15:24:35 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="29a678b7ecb7074967021c8dcb9f1179"; logging-data="2316050"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/RFeIMIx72OeqgqoiPK2Q5" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:sUxGi2dBB3LtHksfA5lGEWMTzo4= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 4134 On 7/3/2024 3:42 AM, Fred. Zwarts wrote: > Op 03.jul.2024 om 05:55 schreef olcott: >> On 7/2/2024 10:50 PM, joes wrote: >>> Am Tue, 02 Jul 2024 14:46:38 -0500 schrieb olcott: >>>> On 7/2/2024 2:17 PM, Fred. Zwarts wrote: >>>>> Op 02.jul.2024 om 21:00 schreef olcott: >>>>>> On 7/2/2024 1:42 PM, Fred. Zwarts wrote: >>>>>>> Op 02.jul.2024 om 14:22 schreef olcott: >>>>>>>> On 7/2/2024 3:22 AM, Fred. Zwarts wrote: >>>>>>>>> Op 02.jul.2024 om 03:25 schreef olcott: >>> >>>>>>>>>> Every C programmer that knows what an x86 emulator is knows that >>>>>>>>>> when HHH emulates the machine language of Infinite_Loop, >>>>>>>>>> Infinite_Recursion, and DDD that it must abort these >>>>>>>>>> emulations so >>>>>>>>>> that itself can terminate normally. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Whether or not it *must* abort is not very relevant. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> This the problem that I am willing to discuss. >>>>>>>> I am unwilling to discuss any other problem. >>>>>>>> This does meet the Sipser approved criteria. >>> >>>>>>> Repeating the same thing that has already been proved to be >>>>>>> irrelevant does not bring the discussion any further. >>>>>>> Sipser is not relevant, because that is about a correct simulation. >>>>>>> Your simulation is not correct. >>>>>>> >>>>>> If you disagree with this you are either dishonest or clueless I no >>>>>> longer care which one. >>> >>>>>> DDD is correctly emulated by HHH which calls an emulated HHH(DDD) to >>>>>> repeat the process until aborted. >>>>> >>>>> HHH repeats the process twice and aborts too soon. >>>> >>>> You are freaking thinking too damn narrow minded. >>>> DDD is correctly emulated by any HHH that can exist which calls this >>>> emulated HHH(DDD) to repeat the process until aborted (which may be >>>> never). >>> Whatever HHH does, it does not run forever but aborts. >>> >> >> HHH halts on input DDD. >> >> void DDD() >> { >>    HHH(DDD); >> } >> >> DDD correctly simulated by HHH cannot possibly halt. >> > > That would be an error of the simulator, because it aborts its own > simulation too soon, one cycle before the simulated HHH would return and You dishonestly redefined the problem so that it has no correct answer. > then DDD would return as well. A correct simulation would show that. > (And you have shown such correct simulations!) > So, your set of "DDD correctly simulated by HHH" is proved to be empty. > It makes no sense to discuss whether an empty set halts or not. > Try to broaden your mind. We are trying to help you. Try to learn > something, instead of repeatedly running in baseless circles of reasoning. > -- Copyright 2024 Olcott "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer