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From: olcott <polcott333@gmail.com>
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Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_Flibble=E2=80=99s_Leap=3A_Why_Behavioral_Divergence?=
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On 5/11/2025 11:54 AM, dbush wrote:
> On 5/11/2025 12:49 PM, olcott wrote:
>> The category error is actually the fact that everyone
>> here expects a termination analyzer to report on behavior
>> other than the behavior that its input finite string
>> actually specifies.
> 
> That's because it's whether or not the algorithm described by the input 
> halts when executed directly.
> 
> No one cares what "the behavior that its input finite string specifies" 
> because that's not what we asked about.

int sum(int x, int y) { return x + y ; }
when you ask about the sum of 5 + 7 using sum(3,2)
you are asking the wrong question.

HHH reports on the behavior that DDD specifies.
sum reports on the sum that its inputs specify.

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Copyright 2024 Olcott "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius
hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer