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   Message 58,108 of 59,235   
   Kaz Kylheku to olcott   
   Re: Never any actual rebuttal to HHH(DD)   
   22 Oct 25 20:20:39   
   
   XPost: comp.theory, sci.logic, sci.math   
   From: 643-408-1753@kylheku.com   
      
   On 2025-10-22, olcott  wrote:   
   > On 10/22/2025 2:52 PM, Kaz Kylheku wrote:   
   >> On 2025-10-22, AndrĂ© G  Isaak  wrote:   
   >>> On 2025-10-22 12:40, Kaz Kylheku wrote:   
   >>>> But that entire bundle is one fixed case DD, with a single behavior,   
   >>>> which is a property of DD, which is a finite string.   
   >>>   
   >>> I think part of the problem here is that Olcott doesn't grasp that the   
   >>> "finite string input" DD *must* include as a substring the entire   
   >>> description of HHH.   
   >>   
   >> Furthermore, he doesn't get that it doesn't literally have to be HHH,   
   >> but the same algorithm: a workalike.   
   >>   
   >> The HHH analyzing DD's halting could be in C, while the HHH   
   >> called by DD could be in Python.   
   >   
   > DD does call HHH(DD) in recursive simulation   
   > and you try to get away with lying about it.   
      
   I'm saying that's not a requirement in the halting problem.   
      
   DD does not have to use that implementation of HHH; it can have   
   its own clean-room implementation and it can be in any language.   
      
   But nonetheless, yes, there will still be a nested simulation tower.   
      
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