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|    Richard Damon to olcott    |
|    Re: The fundamental nature of computatio    |
|    21 Dec 25 12:38:38    |
      [continued from previous message]              >> Yes, the Halting Problem IS a decision problem, and thus has only a       >> binary result.       >>       >> A result that can't always be achieved by a finite deterministic       >> algrotihm in finite steps, and thus the problem is uncomputable.       >>       >> Which doesn't make it invalid, just impossible to make a full Halt       >> Decider that always gives the right answer.       >>       >>       >       >              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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