Path: ...!3.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: Proof that DDD specifies non-halting behavior --- point by point Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2024 08:38:51 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2024 15:38:52 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="0b9b77ee625b8578b747fee4cc5a1452"; logging-data="492767"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/nZj2T5Q3pYRcjMvYDynBL" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:DAhI6ex6aGLi2GPTLYajJR2Ydkk= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 1723 On 8/14/2024 3:17 AM, Mikko wrote: > On 2024-08-14 00:52:36 +0000, olcott said: > >> void DDD() >> { >>    HHH(DDD); >>    return; >> } > > In order to prove that the above specifies a non-halting behavour > you must prove that HHH(DDD) does not terminate. > That is the strawman error of reasoning. The focus of the post was to show that DDD emulated by HHH according to the semantics of the x86 language cannot possibly reach its own "return" instruction. By changing the subject you cheat. -- Copyright 2024 Olcott "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer