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Subject: Re: Proving the: Simulating termination analyzer Principle
Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2025 17:26:28 -0400
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On 4/5/2025 4:51 PM, olcott wrote:
> *Simulating termination analyzer Principle*
> It is always correct for any simulating termination
> analyzer to stop simulating and reject any input that
> would otherwise prevent its own termination.
> 
> void DDD()
> {
>     HHH(DDD);
>     return;
> }
> 

Except when doing so would change the input, as is the case with HHH and 
DDD.

Changing the input is not allowed.