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   Message 57,381 of 59,235   
   Richard Damon to olcott   
   Re: The philosophy of computation reform   
   30 Oct 24 19:35:42   
   
   XPost: comp.theory   
   From: richard@damon-family.org   
      
   On 10/30/24 8:26 AM, olcott wrote:   
   > On 10/30/2024 6:17 AM, Andy Walker wrote:   
   >> On 30/10/2024 03:50, Jeff Barnett wrote:   
   >>> You may have noticed that the moron responded to your message in   
   >>> less than 10 minutes. Do you think he read the material before   
   >>> responding? A good troll would have waited a few hours before   
   >>> answering.   
   >>   
   >>      I doubt whether Peter is either a moron or a troll.  Rather, as   
   >> I have previously pointed out, he is playing "Fetch" with anyone who is   
   >> prepared to play [which I am not, and nor are most other readers here].   
   >> A troll would perpetrate a somewhat cranky idea and then sit back an   
   >> watch everyone else argue to and fro without participating further, other   
   >> than to stoke the fires occasionally.  Peter will reply instantly to   
   >> anyone who will reply to him.  So, sadly, though less instantly, will   
   >> several others.  I suspect they are rather lonely attention seekers,   
   >> but as I am not a psychiatrist this is not a professional opinion.   
   >>   
   >   
   > void DDD()   
   > {   
   >    HHH(DDD);   
   >    return;   
   > }   
   >   
   > *That people fail to agree with this and also fail to*   
   > *correctly point out any error seems to indicate dishonestly*   
   > *or lack of technical competence*   
   >   
   > DDD emulated by HHH according to the semantics of the x86   
   > language cannot possibly reach its own "return" instruction   
   > whether or not any HHH ever aborts its emulation of DDD.   
   >   
   >   
      
   But only if HHH does follow the sematantics, which mean it never aborts.   
      
   Since that isn't the HHH that you have provided, all you have done is   
   proved that you believe that lies are appropriate in logic, and you   
   think it is ok to assume the existance of non-existent things.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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