Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Richard Heathfield Newsgroups: comp.theory Subject: Re: DDD simulated by HHH cannot possibly halt (Halting Problem) --- mindless robots Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2025 13:39:52 +0100 Organization: Fix this later Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: <852f89c9196e0261b8156050fea4572fe886933f@i2pn2.org> <63af93cb608258cc3e12b9bab3a2efa0b7ee7eee@i2pn2.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2025 14:39:53 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="866aefd1a672e7654092829d6a7a9889"; logging-data="1354573"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/H18AV+TNacgudo3HNpY7LVtvQdeY3HDXTG21GuZDdjw==" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:pv9XLOFbdxgr7ngLmra5HMlgLl0= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-GB On 14/04/2025 12:56, olcott wrote: > When people insist that a termination analyzer reports > on behavior other than the behavior that its finite string > input specifies this is isomorphic to requiring a perfectly > geometric square circle in the same two dimensional plane, > simply logically impossible, thus an incorrect requirement. A termination analyzer that works is simply logically impossible, thus an incorrect requirement. -- Richard Heathfield Email: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk "Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29 July 1999 Sig line 4 vacant - apply within