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On 7/26/2024 8:53 AM, Fred. Zwarts wrote:
> Op 26.jul.2024 om 15:22 schreef olcott:
>> On 7/26/2024 1:53 AM, Fred. Zwarts wrote:
>>> Op 26.jul.2024 om 03:49 schreef olcott:
>>>> If you understand the x86 language and can't tell how DDD
>>>> emulated by HHH differs from DDD emulated by HHH1 by the
>>>> following then you are probably lying about understanding
>>>> the x86 language.
>>>
>>> We understand it perfectly. HHH cannot possibly simulate itself 
>>> correctly.
>>
>> You are too stupid to know that a non-halting computation
>> cannot be emulated to completion because completion does
>> not exist.
> 
> The non-halting behaviour is only in your dreams. It is irrelevant, 
> because HHH halts when it aborts. Remember, HHH is simulating *itself*, 
> a halting program, not another non-halting simulator that does not abort 
> and does not halt.
> 

typedef void (*ptr)();
int HHH(ptr P);

void DDD()
{
   HHH(DDD);
}

int main()
{
   DDD(DDD);
}

When we understand that HHH is accountable for the behavior of
its input and not accountable for the behavior of the computation
that itself is contained within then we understand that HHH(DDD)
is necessarily correct to reject DDD as non-halting.

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