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From: Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: DD simulated by HHH cannot possibly halt (Halting Problem)
Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2025 20:12:24 +0100
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On 05/04/2025 20:01, olcott wrote:
> As any C programmer can see DDD simulated by HHH would cause
> any correct simulator to get stuck in recursive simulation

As any C programmer can see, any C compiler is free to reject 
your code, which makes no attempt whatsoever to analyse the 
behaviour of the input program.

That, of course, is not surprising. What /is/ surprising is that 
you have managed to drag this joke out for so long.

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