Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.quux.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: dbush Newsgroups: comp.theory,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: Everyone makes sure to avoid addressing this exact point Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 18:31:57 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 36 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 23:31:57 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="a18e50625e3912305b81945416784273"; logging-data="2328806"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19PR3eqkIXIVpzKSOH6n1Ok" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:vSqbRYoHxOBz2xKujzPv6ZrdaqQ= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 1737 On 3/11/2025 6:15 PM, olcott wrote: > typedef void (*ptr)(); > int HHH(ptr P); > > void Infinite_Loop() > { >   HERE: goto HERE; >   return; > } > > void Infinite_Recursion() > { >   Infinite_Recursion(); >   return; > } > > void DDD() > { >   HHH(DDD); >   return; > } > > int DD() > { >   int Halt_Status = HHH(DD); >   if (Halt_Status) >     HERE: goto HERE; >   return Halt_Status; > } > > When HHH correctly emulates N steps of the above > functions none of them can possibly reach their own > "return" instruction and terminate normally. > Changing the input is not allowed.