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   olcott to All   
   Hypothetical possibilities V2   
   22 Jul 24 11:08:31   
   
   XPost: comp.theory   
   From: polcott333@gmail.com   
      
   void DDD()   
   {   
      HHH(DDD);   
      return;   
   }   
      
   int main()   
   {   
      HHH(DDD);   
   }   
      
   Of the two hypothetical possible ways that HHH can be encoded:   
   (a) HHH(DDD) is encoded to abort its simulation.   
   (b) HHH(DDD) is encoded to never abort its simulation.   
      
   We can know that (b) is wrong because this fails to meet the design   
   requirement that HHH must itself halt.   
      
   We also know that any simulation that must be aborted to prevent the   
   infinite execution of the simulator is necessarily a non-halting input.   
      
      
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