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From: "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: ChatGPT explains why rebuttals of my work are incorrect
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 13:41:19 -0700
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On 10/15/2024 6:43 PM, Mike Terry wrote:
> On 14/10/2024 23:17, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
>> On 10/13/2024 7:57 PM, olcott wrote:
>>> On 10/13/2024 11:34 AM, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
>>>> On 2024-10-12, Chris M. Thomasson <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> On 10/12/2024 11:28 AM, Janis Papanagnou wrote:
>>>>>> On 12.10.2024 11:32, Jan van den Broek wrote:
>>>>>>> 2024-10-12, Chris M. Thomasson <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> 
>>>>>>> schrieb:
>>>>>>>> On 10/11/2024 7:50 PM, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [Schnipp]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As I see it, the main Halting Problem is Olcott not halting.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> LOL! - A very nice one. Thanks for that. :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> I second that. :^)
>>>>
>>>> You're likely thousand-seconding that. The Olcott not halting joke
>>>> is many years old now, and will likely come up again.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> My cancer has gotten worse.
>>>
>>> *ChatGPT explains why rebuttals of my work are incorrect*
>>> https://chatgpt.com/share/6709e046-4794-8011-98b7-27066fb49f3e
>>>
>>> I had to dumb this down from the original halting problem
>>> input so that reviewers can verify that HHH is correct
>>> without hardly paying any attention at all:
>>>
>>> void DDD()
>>> {
>>>    HHH(DDD);
>>>    return;
>>> }
>>>
>>> When HHH is an x86 emulation based termination analyzer
>>> then each DDD emulated by any HHH that it calls never returns.
>> [...]
>>
>> Isn't that similar to:
>>
>> void foobar()
>> {
>>      foobar();
>> }
>>
>> ? >
> 
> Similar, but different because HHH only performs a /partial/ step by 
> step emulation of DDD - it stops emulating after a while and returns, so 
> DDD() halts.  foobar() will never halt (ignoring physical resource 
> constraints like running out of stack).  foobar() undergoes infinite 
> recursive call.  DDD() exhibits /finite/ recursive emulation, then halts.

So, any similar to:
______________
void foo(
     unsigned long ri,
     unsigned long rn
) {
     if (ri > rn) return;
     foo(ri + 1, rn);
}
______________

foo(0, 5);

?