Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: olcott Newsgroups: comp.theory Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_Computable_Functions_---_finite_string_transformati?= =?UTF-8?Q?on_rules_---_0_=E2=89=A01?= Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2025 18:58:35 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 89 Message-ID: References: <63af93cb608258cc3e12b9bab3a2efa0b7ee7eee@i2pn2.org> <6d9ae3ac08bbbe4407fc3612441fc2032f949a3d@i2pn2.org> <7ac75991b443ba53d52960ddb1932524dea8e03f@i2pn2.org> <40b048f71fe2ed2a8ef11d2d587c765c8fcbc977@i2pn2.org> <09bba11868dafecb6800ba8aec152304fec97553@i2pn2.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2025 01:58:38 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="39160e770cd8a33e2f9b3fd49f54870c"; logging-data="2831500"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+Wzce96Y9KQUgoRe+bqMcR" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:3OM3RVsefkQBp5IwDN+WjQpNVa4= X-Antivirus: Norton (VPS 250424-14, 4/24/2025), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean In-Reply-To: <09bba11868dafecb6800ba8aec152304fec97553@i2pn2.org> Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 5671 On 4/24/2025 6:14 PM, Richard Damon wrote: > On 4/24/25 5:13 PM, olcott wrote: >> On 4/24/2025 5:59 AM, Richard Damon wrote: >>> On 4/23/25 11:22 PM, polcott333 wrote: >>>> On 4/23/2025 9:41 PM, Richard Damon wrote: >>>>> On 4/23/25 11:32 AM, olcott wrote: >>>>>> On 4/23/2025 6:25 AM, joes wrote: >>>>>>> Am Tue, 22 Apr 2025 13:51:48 -0500 schrieb olcott: >>>>>>>> On 4/22/2025 1:07 PM, Fred. Zwarts wrote: >>>>>>>>> Op 22.apr.2025 om 18:28 schreef olcott: >>>>>>>>>> On 4/22/2025 7:57 AM, joes wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> Am Tue, 15 Apr 2025 15:44:06 -0500 schrieb olcott: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> You continue to stupidly insist that int sum(int x, int y) >>>>>>>>>>>> {return x >>>>>>>>>>>> + y; } >>>>>>>>>>>> returns 7 for sum(3,2) because you incorrectly understand >>>>>>>>>>>> how these >>>>>>>>>>>> things fundamentally work. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> It is stupidly wrong to expect HHH(DD) report on the direct >>>>>>>>>>>> execution of DD when you are not telling it one damn thing >>>>>>>>>>>> about >>>>>>>>>>>> this direct execution. >>>>>>>>>>> What else is it missing that the processor uses to execute it? >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> libx86emu a correct x86 processor and does emulate its >>>>>>>>>> inputs >>>>>>>>>> correctly. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> The key thing here is that Olcott consistently does not >>>>>>>>> understand that >>>>>>>>> HHH is given a finite string input that according to the >>>>>>>>> semantics of >>>>>>>>> the x86 language specifies a halting program, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> That is stupidly incorrect. >>>>>>> No, DD halts (when executed directly). HHH is not a halt decider, >>>>>>> not even >>>>>>> for DD only. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> People here stupidly assume that the outputs are not required to >>>>>>>> correspond to the inputs. >>>>>>> But the direct execution of DD is computable from its description. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Not as an input to HHH. >>>>> >>>>> But neither the "direct execution" or the "simulation by HHH" are >>>>> "inputs" to HHH. What is the input is the representation of the >>>>> program to be decided on. >>>>> >>>>>> When HHH computes halting for DD is is only allowed >>>>>> to apply the finite string transformations specified >>>>>> by the x86 language to the machine code of DD. >>>>> >>>>> It is only ABLE to apply them. >>>>> >>>> >>>> The input to HHH(DD) does specify the recursive emulation >>>> of DD including HHH emulating itself emulating DD when >>>> one applies the finite string transformation rules of the >>>> x86 language to THE INPUT to HHH(DD). >>> >>> Yes, the input specifies FINITE recusive PARTIAL emulation, as the >>> HHH that DD calls will emulate only a few instructions of DD and then >>> return, >>> >> >> *You are technically incompetent on this point* >> When the finite string transformation rules of the >> x86 language are applied to the input to HHH(DD) >> THIS DD CANNOT POSSIBLY REACH ITS FINAL HALT STATE >> not even after an infinite number of emulated steps. > > Sure it does, just after the point that HHH gives up on those > transformation and aborts its (now incorrect) emulation of the input. > THAT IS COUNTER FACTUAL !!! The directly executed DD has zero recursive invocations. DD emulated by HHH has one recursive invocation. Did you know that zero does not equal one? -- Copyright 2025 Olcott "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer