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Subject: Re: The philosophy of computation reformulates existing ideas on a
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On 10/29/24 10:58 AM, olcott wrote:
> 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.

Look at the third paragraph.

Its first sentence talks about the method to use, EMULATION.

I guess you are just admitting you can't read,

> 
>> intended for second-year undergraduates and present on the web from 1996
>> [though then as a Nottingham University web page].  I certainly didn't
>> invent the idea.  The same page includes some stuff about Busy Beavers.
>> You, and perhaps others, may also find some of the surrounding pages
>> [linked from that one] interesting, eg the stuff about UTMs and about
>> minimal computers.  Again, I am not claiming credit for inventing any
>> of this.
>>
> 
>