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From: Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: Incorrect requirements --- Computing the mapping from the input
 to HHH(DD)
Date: Fri, 9 May 2025 05:35:54 +0100
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On 09/05/2025 00:53, olcott wrote:
> On 5/8/2025 6:45 PM, Keith Thompson wrote:
>> olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> writes:
>>> On 5/8/2025 5:26 PM, Keith Thompson wrote:
>> [...]
>>>> I am more nearly an expert on C than on the Halting Problem.
>>>> Watching olcott base his arguments on C *and getting C so badly
>>>> wrong* leads me to think that he is largely ignorant of C 
>>>> (which is
>>>> fine, most people are) and is unwilling to admit it.  
>>>> Watching the
>>>> reactions of actual experts to his mathematical arguments 
>>>> leads me
>>>> to the same conclusion about his knowledge of the relevant 
>>>> fields
>>>> of mathematics.
>>>>
>>>
>>> If Halt7.c is not compiled with the Microsoft
>>> compiler then it will not produce the required
>>> object file type.
>>>
>>> The rest of the system has compiled under
>>> Linux. I haven't tried this in a few years.
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> So you normally compile your code using the 2017 version of 
>> Microsoft
>> Visual Studio.
>>
>> I have no particular problem with that, but your failure to 
>> correct
>> a number of C errors in your code is odd. 
> 
> As I already proved Microsoft reported no such errors.

That's tantamount to a claim of a bug in your compiler. 
Conforming C compilers are /required/ to report syntax errors.

>>  I've pointed out several
>> syntax errors and constraint violations; at least the syntax 
>> errors
>> would be trivial to fix (even if your compiler is lax enough to
>> fail to diagnose them).  Richard Heathfield has pointed out code
>> that dereferences a null pointer.
>>
> 
> Mike corrected Richard on this.

No, Mike just pointed out that you don't call all the functions 
you posted. The fact remains that your code is broken.

> Those are stub functions intercepted
> by x86utm the operating system.

They are nevertheless evidence of your poor grasp of the language.

<snip>

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