Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: olcott Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: DD simulated by HHH cannot possibly halt (Halting Problem) Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2025 19:40:00 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2025 02:40:01 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="ef4cc0d21fd1ecbcf29cd91ea99c5a02"; logging-data="3761509"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+FmHsTgqxLglFJBqK4ixj7" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:T8K/6ROetXd8YqFCBU02k7MsxoQ= X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Content-Language: en-US X-Antivirus: Norton (VPS 250405-6, 4/5/2025), Outbound message In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2615 On 4/5/2025 6:35 PM, Richard Heathfield wrote: > On 06/04/2025 00:16, olcott wrote: >> I am trying to explain how the actual HHH works >> one step at a time. > > But it doesn't, so you're wasting your time. The best you'll manage is > to determine the termination status of /some/ programs. That's not in > dispute. But all programs? Can't be done, as has been explained to you > ad nauseam. > int DD() { int Halt_Status = HHH(DD); if (Halt_Status) HERE: goto HERE; return Halt_Status; } As long as HHH determines the correct halt status of DD it has refuted ALL of the conventional HP proofs. -- Copyright 2025 Olcott "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer