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From: dbush <dbush.mobile@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: DD emulated by HHH cannot possibly terminate normally --- x86
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Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2025 19:24:50 -0500
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On 3/1/2025 7:01 PM, olcott wrote:
> On 3/1/2025 5:52 PM, dbush wrote:
>> On 3/1/2025 6:47 PM, olcott wrote:
>>> On 3/1/2025 2:22 AM, Mikko wrote:
>>>> On 2025-03-01 00:47:58 +0000, olcott said:
>>>>
>>>>> _DD()
>>>>> [00002133] 55         push ebp      ; housekeeping
>>>>> [00002134] 8bec       mov ebp,esp   ; housekeeping
>>>>> [00002136] 51         push ecx      ; make space for local
>>>>> [00002137] 6833210000 push 00002133 ; push DD
>>>>> [0000213c] e882f4ffff call 000015c3 ; call HHH(DD)
>>>>> [00002141] 83c404     add esp,+04
>>>>> [00002144] 8945fc     mov [ebp-04],eax
>>>>> [00002147] 837dfc00   cmp dword [ebp-04],+00
>>>>> [0000214b] 7402       jz 0000214f
>>>>> [0000214d] ebfe       jmp 0000214d
>>>>> [0000214f] 8b45fc     mov eax,[ebp-04]
>>>>> [00002152] 8be5       mov esp,ebp
>>>>> [00002154] 5d         pop ebp
>>>>> [00002155] c3         ret
>>>>> Size in bytes:(0035) [00002155]
>>>>>
>>>>> When we hypothesize that the code at machine address
>>>>> 0000213c is an x86 emulator then we know that DD
>>>>> remains stuck in recursive emulation and cannot possibly
>>>>> reach its own "ret" instruction and terminate normally.
>>>>
>>>> The emulator itself is stuck and cannot return normally but it doesn't
>>>> know it cannot return normally. At some point it runs out of memory
>>>> and terminates normally or abnormally.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes you are correct about this sub-step of two steps.
>>>
>>>>> When we add the additional complexity that HHH also
>>>>> aborts this sequence at some point then every level
>>>>> of recursive emulation immediately stops. This does
>>>>> not enable any DD to ever reach its "ret" instruction.
>>>>
>>>> When we add an additional complexity we must note that there are other
>>>> additional complexities that could be added instead.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Sure we could carefully examine every detail about the price
>>> of tea in China.
>>>
>>> When we are answering the question that seems impossible for
>>> anyone here to pay attention to even when repeated hundreds of times:
>>>
>>> Can the above DD correctly emulated by HHH possibly
>>> reach its own "ret" instruction and terminate normally?
>>>
>>> The answer is dead obviously "no" for everyone that is:
>>> (a) Technically competent
>>>    and
>>> (b) Not deliberately deceptive.
>>
>> And by the same logic, no_numbers_greater_than_10 correctly emulated 
>> by F cannot reach its own "ret" instruction, leading to the conclusion 
>> that there are no natural numbers greater than 10, and you are on 
>> record as admitting this is correct.
>>
> 
> By this exact same reasoning the following function
> 
> void dbush_is-a-stupid_fool()
> {
>    return;
> }
> 
> Proves that dbush is a stupid fool.
> 


I'll let you respond to yourself:

On 7/22/2024 10:51 AM, olcott wrote:
 > *Ad Hominem attacks are the first resort of clueless wonders*