Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: olcott Newsgroups: comp.theory Subject: Re: Everyone on this forum besides Keith has been a damned liar about this point Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2025 11:07:56 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 101 Message-ID: <1029l8s$1ah2f$6@dont-email.me> References: <1025i6j$afk6$1@dont-email.me> <102642i$e55l$1@dont-email.me> <1026rka$j3rp$1@dont-email.me> <10296nl$17qed$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2025 18:07:57 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="668213ca1180824494e01b33326cf4e0"; logging-data="1393743"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1937xUryiQdjQKYEFpM3NW0" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:4Vi6oZLtMDgrjFHXoc8kRnvNego= X-Antivirus: Norton (VPS 250610-6, 6/10/2025), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean In-Reply-To: <10296nl$17qed$1@dont-email.me> Content-Language: en-US On 6/10/2025 6:59 AM, Mikko wrote: > On 2025-06-09 14:38:02 +0000, olcott said: > >> On 6/9/2025 2:56 AM, Mikko wrote: >>> On 2025-06-09 02:50:59 +0000, olcott said: >>> >>>> void DDD() >>>> { >>>>    HHH(DDD); >>>>    return; >>>> } >>>> >>>> The *input* to simulating termination analyzer HHH(DDD) >>>> specifies recursive simulation that can never reach its >>>> *simulated "return" instruction final halt state* >>>> >>>> *Every rebuttal to this changes the words* >>> >>> Being called a "liar" by a liar does not damn. >>> >>> As is clear from the above C code, DDD() specifies what HHH specifies >>> for the case it is called with DDD as the only argument. In particular, >>> if HHH specifies a recursive for that case then so does DDD. And if >>> HHH specifies a recursive simulation that can never reach its final >>> halt state then so does DDD. And if HHH specifies a non-halting >>> behaviour so does DDD. Etc. >> >> That is not quite the way that it actually works. > > Yes it is. If it were not you would have pointed where there is an > error. > I only point out the first error and the skip the rest of the post. I usually have to point out the same error dozens of times before anyone notices that I said anything at all. That is why I skip the rest of the post after the first error. *You can find your pwn error using this code* https://github.com/plolcott/x86utm/blob/master/Halt7.c >> >>      If simulating halt decider H correctly simulates its >>      input D until H correctly determines that its simulated D >>      would never stop running unless aborted then >> >>      H can abort its simulation of D and correctly report that D >>      specifies a non-halting sequence of configurations. >> >> >> DDD emulated by HHH, the directly executed DDD() >> and the directly executed HHH() would never stop >> running unless HHH aborts its simulation of DDD. > > A counterfactual hypothesis is not a valid substitute of the actual > input as the basis of determination. > None of that is counter-factual. That you say it is proves your own ignorance. >> *According to the above criteria that means* >> >> When DDD does abort its simulation of DDD then >> HHH correctly reports that its input specifies >> a non-halting sequence of configurations. > > No, it does not, as HHH did not correctly determine that the rest > of the behaviour is non-terminating. If the simulated HHH were > similated further it would abort its simulation and return. This is woeful ignorance. I challenge you to provide all of the details of this so that your error becomes more clear to you. void DDD() { HHH(DDD); return; } HHH is invoked and simulates DDD that calls HHH(DDD) simulated HHH simulates DDD that calls HHH(DDD) simulated HHH simulates DDD that calls HHH(DDD) simulated HHH simulates DDD that calls HHH(DDD) simulated HHH simulates DDD that calls HHH(DDD) simulated HHH simulates DDD that calls HHH(DDD)... In a TM this would repeat forever. > The > actual input specifies a partial simulation and later halting. > Unless the simulated DDD reaches its own simulated "return" statement final halt state this simulated DDD NEVER HALTS. -- Copyright 2025 Olcott "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer