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From: olcott <polcott333@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: DDD correctly emulated by HHH is correctly rejected as
 non-halting.
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2024 15:49:21 -0500
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On 7/10/2024 1:55 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> Fred. Zwarts <F.Zwarts@hetnet.nl> wrote:
>> Op 10.jul.2024 om 20:12 schreef Alan Mackenzie:
>>> [ Followup-To: set ]
> 
>>> In comp.theory Fred. Zwarts <F.Zwarts@hetnet.nl> wrote:
> 
>>> [ .... ]
> 
>>>> Proving that the simulation is incorrect. Because a correct simulation
>>>> would not abort a halting program halfway its simulation.
> 
>>> Just for clarity, a correct simulation wouldn't abort a non-halting
>>> program either, would it?  Or have I misunderstood this correctness?
> 
>>> [ .... ]
> 
> 
>> A non-halting program cannot be simulated correctly in a finite time.
>> So, it depends whether we can call it a correct simulation, when it does
>> not abort. But, for some meaning of 'correct', indeed, a simulator
>> should not abort a non-halting program either.
> 
> OK, thanks!
> 

In other words he is saying that when you do
1 step correctly you did 0 steps correctly.

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