Path: ...!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: olcott Newsgroups: comp.theory Subject: Re: Who here is too stupid to know that DDD correctly simulated by HHH cannot possibly reach its own return instruction? Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2024 08:19:33 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 55 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2024 15:19:34 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="f6826d85dca534e829aa60949a8b0d61"; logging-data="3227544"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18cbX7DFtvYgyy1A2ugEFUb" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:NnGoYo0OUrtAVEF6TavvHuSF5z0= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 3305 On 8/7/2024 3:18 AM, Fred. Zwarts wrote: > Op 04.aug.2024 om 21:00 schreef olcott: >> On 8/4/2024 1:54 PM, Richard Damon wrote: >>> On 8/4/24 9:11 AM, olcott wrote: >>>> On 8/4/2024 1:26 AM, Fred. Zwarts wrote: >>>>> Op 03.aug.2024 om 17:20 schreef olcott:>> >>>>>> When you try to show how DDD simulated by HHH does >>>>>> reach its "return" instruction you must necessarily >>>>>> must fail unless you cheat by disagreeing with the >>>>>> semantics of C. That you fail to have a sufficient >>>>>> understanding of the semantics of C is less than no >>>>>> rebuttal what-so-ever. >>>>> >>>>> Fortunately that is not what I try, because I understand that HHH >>>>> cannot possibly simulate itself correctly. >>>>> >>>> >>>> void DDD() >>>> { >>>>    HHH(DDD); >>>>    return; >>>> } >>>> >>>> In other words when HHH simulates itself simulating DDD it >>>> is supposed to do something other than simulating itself >>>> simulating DDD ???  Do you expect it to make a cup of coffee? >>>> >>> >>> No, but to be correct it need to complete that to the end. >>> >> >> Saying this and knowing there is no end cannot possibly >> be construed as anything but intentional deception. >> > And what is saying that there is no end for a program that aborts and void Infinite_Recursion() { Infinite_Recursion(); return; } Unless we divide the behavior of the tester from the test subject Infinite_Recursion() would be determined to halt. Instead we define the "return" as the never reached halt state of Infinite_Recursion(). > halts after two cycles? Are you dreaming again of the non-aborting HHH > that does not halt? Dreams are no substitute for facts. -- Copyright 2024 Olcott "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer