Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Mikko Newsgroups: comp.theory Subject: Re: Pathological self-reference changes the semantics of the same finite string. Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2024 16:22:52 +0300 Organization: - Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: <7a1c569a699e79bfa146affbbae3eac7b91cd263@i2pn2.org> <729cc551062c13875686d266a5453a488058e81c@i2pn2.org> <148bf4dd91f32379a6d81a621fb7ec3fc1e00db0@i2pn2.org> <5591ff08ed8f7b4bdf33813681e156b775efe0ec@i2pn2.org> <878qwn0wyz.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <87le0jzc8f.fsf_-_@bsb.me.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2024 15:22:53 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="ac082c4370ad986ac412f76383045f6e"; logging-data="550271"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18nYSiSwK0JhhN2IS6iN/Gz" User-Agent: Unison/2.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:YFKiyjXBXHpHcbOYvKXKnlPqq5U= Bytes: 2517 On 2024-08-30 12:57:49 +0000, olcott said: > On 8/30/2024 3:11 AM, Mikko wrote: >> On 2024-08-29 17:53:44 +0000, olcott said: >> >>> I just proved that the basic notion of finite strings >>> having unique meanings independently of their context >>> is incorrect. >> >> The context is the halting problem. > > The behavior of > the directly executed DDD and executed HHH > is different from the behavior of > the emulated DDD and the emulated HHH The correct behaviour is the computation that the user wants to ask about. If the input string specifies a different behaviour then the input string is worng, not the behaviour. -- Mikko