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From: olcott <polcott333@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Every sufficiently competent C programmer knows --- posthumous
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On 3/15/2025 5:24 AM, Mikko wrote:
> On 2025-03-13 20:56:22 +0000, olcott said:
> 
>> On 3/13/2025 4:22 AM, Mikko wrote:
>>> On 2025-03-13 00:36:04 +0000, olcott said:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Nevertheless, assuming HHH is a decider, Infinite_Loop and 
>>> Infinite_Recursion
>>> specify a non-terminating behaviour, DDD specifies a terminating 
>>> behaviour
>>
>> _DDD()
>> [00002172] 55         push ebp      ; housekeeping
>> [00002173] 8bec       mov  ebp,esp  ; housekeeping
>> [00002175] 6872210000 push 00002172 ; push DDD
>> [0000217a] e853f4ffff call 000015d2 ; call HHH(DDD)
>> [0000217f] 83c404     add  esp,+04
>> [00002182] 5d         pop  ebp
>> [00002183] c3         ret
>> Size in bytes:(0018) [00002183]
>>
>> What is the sequence of machine language
>> instructions of DDD emulated by HHH such that DDD
>> reaches its machine address 00002183?
>>
>> Any failure to answer with the sequence of machine
>> addresses will be construed as
>> YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE LYING OR DON'T UNDERSTAND THE QUESTON
> 
> That a question is not answered is not a lie. 

It is when the claim that I am incorrect is repeated
many many times with many requests for supporting
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