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From: olcott <polcott333@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: The philosophy of computation reformulates existing ideas on a
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On 10/29/2024 8:17 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
> On 10/29/24 11:39 AM, olcott wrote:
>> On 10/29/2024 10:18 AM, joes wrote:
>>> Am Tue, 29 Oct 2024 09:58:50 -0500 schrieb olcott:
>>>> On 10/29/2024 9:50 AM, Andy Walker wrote:
>>>>> On 29/10/2024 13:56, olcott wrote:
>>>>>> To the best of my knowledge no one besides me ever came up with the
>>>>>> idea of making a simulating halt decider / emulating termination
>>>>>> analyzer.
>>>>>       The /idea/ is ancient, and certainly dates back at least to
>>>>>       the
>>>>> 1970s.  For a relatively informal discussion, see paragraph 3 of
>>>>>     http://www.cuboid.me.uk/anw/G12FCO/lect18.html
>>>>>
>>>> The word "simulate" or "UTM" or "interpret" was not there.
>>>> Let me know what keyword to search for I have to prepare my house 
>>>> for my
>>>> cancer treatment.
>>> The key word is "see". Oh wait, that's "emulate", which you haven't
>>> explained the relevant difference from simulation of. Please keep
>>> us posted about your health.
>>>
>>
>> The good news about my health is that I will probably
>> not be dead very soon.
>>
>> An x86 emulation has a 100% perfectly exact standard
>> such that anyone disagreeing is unequivocally wrong.
>> A simulation is much more vague.
> 
> Right, assuming it is a COMPLETE x86 emulation, which HHH doesn't do.
> 

Requiring the complete emulation of a non-terminating input is
a complete jackass thing to say because no one could be that stupid.

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