Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: olcott Newsgroups: comp.theory Subject: Re: Proof that DDD specifies non-halting behavior --- reviewers disagree with basic facts Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 16:58:32 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: <561f876601b0329c0260bac26f8b6dfb6e28647f@i2pn2.org> <40c46fab1b847eb2f82a5df5acf5e4668055eebb@i2pn2.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 23:58:32 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="0832828dca420f70d701da47ce3141da"; logging-data="1645701"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18avxQ44dvwd4s4fhy7xDlN" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:WMPrPjHySNXP89L2DGzNBb0ci0A= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <40c46fab1b847eb2f82a5df5acf5e4668055eebb@i2pn2.org> Bytes: 3023 On 8/16/2024 4:37 PM, Richard Damon wrote: > On 8/16/24 5:08 PM, olcott wrote: >> On 8/16/2024 3:54 PM, Richard Damon wrote: >>> On 8/16/24 4:36 PM, olcott wrote: >>>> >>>> I break my points down to the basic facts of the semantics >>>> of the x86 language and the basic facts of the semantics >>>> of the C programming. >>>> >>>> I can't ever get to the point of the computer science >>>> because reviewers disagree with these basic facts. >>> >>> No, the problem is that your "facts" just disagree with the computere >>> science you claim to be doing. >>> >> >> We never get anywhere near the computer science because >> people disagree with 100% concrete fully specified semantics. >> If they disagree with arithmetic we can never get to algebra. > > If you aren't talking about computer science, then you are using a lot > of words FROM computer science, which bring in their implications. > I get to the computer science only after people agree to basic facts. When they refuse to agree with these basis facts I write them off as dishonest or insufficiently competent. -- Copyright 2024 Olcott "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer