Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: olcott Newsgroups: comp.theory Subject: Re: Incorrect requirements --- Computing the mapping from the input to HHH(DD) Date: Thu, 8 May 2025 20:35:13 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 52 Message-ID: References: <87msbmeo3b.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <875xiaejzg.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <219295c65f6a06d6333fb06933346c88139a95be@i2pn2.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 09 May 2025 03:35:13 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="b8226b0a928845ead4a9adb4b3b34c7d"; logging-data="2375858"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/aQ1CCFn1jksMYfsAJGRgm" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:JyXjmsMTgF40v5nLVtcd3JDzlgM= X-Antivirus: Norton (VPS 250508-4, 5/8/2025), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <219295c65f6a06d6333fb06933346c88139a95be@i2pn2.org> On 5/8/2025 8:13 PM, Richard Damon wrote: > On 5/8/25 8:05 PM, olcott wrote: >> On 5/8/2025 6:54 PM, Keith Thompson wrote: >>> olcott writes: >>>> On 5/8/2025 6:30 PM, Richard Heathfield wrote: >>>>> On 08/05/2025 23:50, olcott wrote: >>> [...] >>>>>> If you are a competent C programmer >>>>> Keith Thompson is a highly-respected and very competent C >>>>> programmer. >>>> >>>> *Then he is just who I need* >>> >>> No, what you need is someone who is an expert in mathematical logic >>> (I am not) who can explain to you, in terms you can understand and >>> accept, where you've gone wrong.  Some expertise in C could also >>> be helpful. >>> >> >> The key gap in my proof is that none of the comp.sci >> people seems to have a slight clue about simple C >> programming. > > No, the problem is you don't. > >> >> void DDD() >> { >>    HHH(DDD); >>    return; >> } >> >> *THIS IS THE C PART THAT NO ONE HERE UNDERSTANDS* >> DDD correctly simulated by HHH cannot possibly >> reach its own "return" instruction. > > And claiming the behavior of a program that isn;t the behavior of that > program is just a lie. > DDD correctly simulated by HHH cannot possibly reach its own "return" instruction. DDD correctly simulated by HHH cannot possibly reach its own "return" instruction. DDD correctly simulated by HHH cannot possibly reach its own "return" instruction. -- Copyright 2024 Olcott "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer