Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: olcott Newsgroups: comp.theory Subject: Every HHH(DDD) is correct to reject its input Date: Sat, 31 May 2025 14:21:10 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 29 Message-ID: <101fkr6$1db6f$1@dont-email.me> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sat, 31 May 2025 21:21:10 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="c9a131a468f55446a50ed4b18f7c4193"; logging-data="1486031"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19CvtRvASkrBRya4pa7HmAl" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:38jpP7+k+WUOUATAgCU1p7Fzo/E= In-Reply-To: X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Content-Language: en-US X-Antivirus: Norton (VPS 250531-4, 5/31/2025), Outbound message On 5/31/2025 2:11 PM, Mr Flibble wrote: > Olcott is doing this: > > int main() > { > DDD(); // DDD calls HHH > } > > This is incorrect as it is a category (type) error in the form of > conflation of the EXECUTION of DDD with the SIMULATION of DDD: to > completely and correctly simulate/analyse DDD there must be no execution > of DDD prior to the simulation of DDD. > > Olcott should be doing this: > > int main() > { > HHH(DDD); > } > > /Flibble I would have left it there except that many dozens of reviewers have pointed out that they believe that HHH is supposed to report on the behavior of its caller. -- Copyright 2025 Olcott "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer