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From: dbush
Newsgroups: comp.theory
Subject: Re: DDD specifies recursive emulation to HHH and halting to HHH1
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 22:48:34 -0400
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On 3/31/2025 10:38 PM, olcott wrote:
> On 3/31/2025 9:26 PM, dbush wrote:
>> On 3/31/2025 10:12 PM, olcott wrote:
>>> On 3/31/2025 8:39 PM, dbush wrote:
>>>> On 3/31/2025 9:26 PM, olcott wrote:
>>>>> On 3/31/2025 8:03 PM, dbush wrote:
>>>>>> On 3/31/2025 8:56 PM, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>> On 3/31/2025 7:25 PM, dbush wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 3/31/2025 7:34 PM, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 3/31/2025 5:54 PM, dbush wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On 3/31/2025 6:30 PM, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On 3/31/2025 5:17 PM, dbush wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 3/31/2025 6:12 PM, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 3/31/2025 3:44 PM, joes wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Am Sun, 30 Mar 2025 21:13:09 -0500 schrieb olcott:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 3/30/2025 7:32 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 3/30/25 7:59 PM, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 3/30/2025 5:50 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 3/30/25 5:53 PM, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 3/30/2025 4:01 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 3/30/25 3:42 PM, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 3/30/2025 8:50 AM, Fred. Zwarts wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Op 30.mrt.2025 om 04:35 schreef olcott:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 3/29/2025 8:12 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 3/29/25 6:44 PM, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 3/29/2025 5:08 PM, dbush wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 3/29/2025 5:46 PM, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 3/29/2025 3:14 PM, dbush wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 3/29/2025 4:01 PM, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 3/29/2025 2:26 PM, dbush wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 3/29/2025 3:22 PM, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 3/29/2025 2:06 PM, dbush wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 3/29/2025 3:03 PM, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 3/29/2025 10:23 AM, dbush wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 3/29/2025 11:12 AM, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 3/28/2025 11:00 PM, dbush wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 3/28/2025 11:45 PM, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> An input that halts when executed directly is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> not non-
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> terminating
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> When UTM1 is a UTM that has been adapted to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> only simulate a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> finite number of steps
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> And is therefore no longer a UTM that does a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> correct and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> complete simulation
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and input D calls UTM1 then the behavior of D
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> simulated by
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> UTM1
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Is not what I asked about. I asked about the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> behavior of D
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> when executed directly.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Off topic for this thread.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, HHH is off the topic of deciding halting.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> UTM1 D DOES NOT HALT UTM2 D HALTS D is the same
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> finite string
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in both cases.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> No it isn't, not if it is the definition of a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PROGRAM.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The behavior that these machine code bytes specify:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 558bec6872210000e853f4ffff83c4045dc3 as an input
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to HHH is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> different than these same bytes as input to HHH1
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> as a verified
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> fact.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> What does "specify to" mean? Which behaviour is correct?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> DDD EMULATED BY HHH DOES SPECIFY THAT IT CANNOT
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> POSSIBLY REACH ITS
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> OWN FINAL HALT STATE.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> How does HHH emulate the call to HHH instruction
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The semantics of the x86 language.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Right, which were defined by INTEL, and requires the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> data emulated to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> be part of the input.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It is part of the input in the sense that HHH must
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> emulate itself
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> emulating DDD. HHH it the test program thus not the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> program- under- test.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It is part of the program under test, being called by it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That's what
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you call a pathological relationship.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> HHH is not asking does itself halt?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes it is saying "I can't simulate this".
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It was encoded to always halt for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> such inputs. HHH is asking does this input specify that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it reaches its
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> own final halt state?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Which it does (except when simulated by HHH).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Is it guessing based on your limited input that doesn't
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> contain the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> code at 000015d2, or
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Is it admitting to not being a pure function, by looking
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> outsde the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> input to the function (since you say that above is the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> full input), or
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Are you admitting all of Halt7.c/obj as part of the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> input, and thus you
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> hae a FIXED definition of HHH, which thus NEVER does a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> complete
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> emulation, and thus you can't say that the call to HHH
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is a complete
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> emulation.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> How we we determine that DDD emulated by HHH cannot
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> possibly reach its
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> final halt state?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Two recursive emulations provide correct inductive proof.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nope, because if you admit to the first two lies, your
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> HHH never was a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> valid decider,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> It is ALWAYS CORRECT for any simulating termination
>>>>>>>>>>>>> analyzer to stop simulating and reject any input
>>>>>>>>>>>>> that would otherwise prevent its own termination.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Except when doing so changes the input, as is the case with
>>>>>>>>>>>> HHH and DDD.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Changing the input is not allowed.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I have already addressed your misconception that the input is
>>>>>>>>>>> changed.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> No, it is YOUR misconception. The algorithm DDD consists of
>>>>>>>>>> the function DDD, the function HHH, and everything that HHH
>>>>>>>>>> calls down to the OS level.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> We have already been over this.
>>>>>>>>> HHH(DDD) and HHH1(DDD) have the same inputs all the way
>>>>>>>>> down to the OS level.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So you agree that the input to both is the immutable code of the
>>>>>>>> function DDD, the immutable code of the function HHH, and the
>>>>>>>> immutable code of everything that HHH calls down to the OS level.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It is the input in terms of the behavior of DDD emulated
>>>>>>> by HHH, yet only DDD is the program-under-test.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> False. The function DDD by itself is not a program. The function
>>>>>> DDD, the function HHH, and everything that HHH calls down the OS
>>>>>> level are *all* under test.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *Simulating termination analyzer Principle*
>>>>> It is always correct for any simulating termination
>>>>> analyzer to stop simulating and reject any input
>>>>> that would otherwise prevent its own termination.
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