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From: Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.theory
Subject: Re: Incorrect requirements --- Computing the mapping from the input
 to HHH(DD)
Date: Fri, 9 May 2025 00:30:23 +0100
Organization: Fix this later
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On 08/05/2025 23:50, olcott wrote:
> On 5/8/2025 5:26 PM, Keith Thompson wrote:

<snip>

>> No, the problem Richard was pointing out with olcott's Halt7.c 
>> is that
>> *it's not valid C".
>>

<snip>

> 
> void DDD()
> {
>    HHH(DDD);
>    return;
> }
> 
> If you are a competent C programmer

Keith Thompson is a highly-respected and very competent C 
programmer. You, however, are not.

> then you
> know that DDD correctly simulated by HHH cannot
> possibly each its own "return" instruction.

Assumes facts not in evidence. Whether HHH correctly simulates 
DDD is disputed by a number of people. Your C code has a number 
of issues, and Mike Terry has pointed out exactly how the 
simulator fails to simulate.

What's left standing? Anything?

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