Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: olcott Newsgroups: comp.theory Subject: Re: Hypothetical possibilities -- I reread this again more carefully --- correction Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2024 23:20:15 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 45 Message-ID: References: <73e4850d3b48903cf85b2967ba713aced98caf96@i2pn2.org> <09536cf44fc4c3d14b37641cf8fdc9e8a8c24580@i2pn2.org> <97884acd35091ddd67bda892c7a3dd28e188f760@i2pn2.org> <1c5729ae6d0a7bca84d24eec9f85bf30de70e3d9@i2pn2.org> <6883b0a9674975998092c404f9eaa331ad1556b9@i2pn2.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2024 06:20:16 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="9ab67b95e26d71c9bf3d4bab69c0e6c7"; logging-data="4141805"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18IsO1SAmfvQiQeufwNGQH6" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:F2+YXWi+BwAkcBG+oinhPe+91og= In-Reply-To: <6883b0a9674975998092c404f9eaa331ad1556b9@i2pn2.org> Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 3191 On 7/20/2024 10:51 PM, Richard Damon wrote: > On 7/20/24 11:14 PM, olcott wrote: >> On 7/20/2024 8:46 PM, Richard Damon wrote: >>> On 7/20/24 9:23 PM, olcott wrote: >>> >>> No, you are not. The "Hardware" would be the actual CPU chip which >>> never stops the program when it is running. A Simulator is just a >>> piece of software running on it, and what it does can't affect the >>> behavior of the actual CPU running the program. >>> >>> >>>> When an actual x86 emulator stops emulating its input >>>> this emulated input immediately stops running. >>>> >>> >>> Nope, that is you stupidity where you confuse the observation for the >>> facts. >>> >>> It has been told to you MANY times, but it seems that you just can >>> not understand it. >>> >>> The SIMULATION is an observation of the program, that if it stops >>> doesn't affect the actual behavior of the program in question. >>> >> >> *If the simulator stops simulating then the simulated stops running* > > No, the SIMULA*TION* stops running, the SIMULATED (which is the actual > program) behaviof continues. > *Yes you really are quite clueless* int main() { HHH(DDD); } When the simulation stops running the whole program exits main() to the operating system. -- Copyright 2024 Olcott "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer