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   Fred. Zwarts to All   
   Re: Title: A Structural Analysis of the    
   30 Jul 25 11:03:22   
   
   XPost: comp.theory, sci.logic   
   From: F.Zwarts@HetNet.nl   
      
   Op 30.jul.2025 om 01:10 schreef olcott:   
   > On 7/29/2025 5:49 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote:   
   >> [ Followup-To: set ]   
   >>   
   >> In comp.theory olcott  wrote:   
   >>> On 7/29/2025 2:39 AM, Fred. Zwarts wrote:   
   >>   
   >> [ .... ]   
   >>   
   >>>> As usual incorrect claims without evidence.   
   >>>> Your dreams are no verified facts. HHH aborts before the simulation   
   >>>> would reach the final halt state in a finite number of steps, as proven   
   >>>> by world-class simulators using exactly the same input. The infinity is   
   >>>> only in your dreams.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>> HHH(DDD) must simulate itself simulating DDD because DDD calls HHH(DDD)   
   >>   
   >>> HHH1(DDD) must NOT simulate itself simulating DDD because DDD DOES NOT   
   >>> CALL HHH1(DDD)   
   >>   
   >>> At this point I think that you are a fucking liar.   
   >>   
   >> As has been established elsewhere in this thread, you are no position to   
   >> call anybody else here a liar.  Glass house inhabitants, throwing stones,   
   >> and all that.   
   >>   
   >> And you used to distinguish yourself from other cranks by sticking to   
   >> decorous language, and generally being courteous.  Not any more.  That is   
   >> a most unwelcome change.   
   >>   
   >   
   > void DDD()   
   > {   
   >    HHH(DDD);   
   >    return;   
   > }   
   >   
   > *That not one single person here*   
   > (besides those that I invited from the C groups)   
   > acknowledges that DDD simulated by HHH specifies   
   > recursive simulation   
      
   As usual counter factual.   
   I told you many times that it specifies a finite recursion. But you seem   
   to think that a finite recursion is sufficient reason to conclude   
   non-halting. It is not. Why closing your eyes for the truth?   
   It suggests that this attitude   
      
   >   
   > cannot be reasonably attributed to anything besides   
   > willful deception.   
   >   
   >   
      
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