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   olcott to Python   
   Re: Turing machines can not run other Tu   
   20 Dec 25 07:42:23   
   
   XPost: sci.math, sci.logic, comp.theory   
   From: polcott333@gmail.com   
      
   On 12/20/2025 7:29 AM, Python wrote:   
   > Le 20/12/2025 à 14:09, olcott a écrit :   
   >> Subject: Turing machines can not run other Turing machines   
   >   
   > Of course they can.   
   >   
   > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Turing_machine   
      
   That is not a Turing machine running another Turing machine.   
   That is a Turing machine applying finite string transformations   
   to an input finite string.   
      
   Three pages that prove the truth about the halting problem   
   https://philpapers.org/archive/OLCDTF.pdf   
      
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