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   dbush to olcott   
   Re: Kaz insists on dodging this point on   
   27 Oct 25 20:52:46   
   
   XPost: comp.theory   
   From: dbush.mobile@gmail.com   
      
   On 10/27/2025 8:48 PM, olcott wrote:   
   > On 10/27/2025 7:41 PM, Kaz Kylheku wrote:   
   >> On 2025-10-28, olcott  wrote:   
   >>> On 10/27/2025 7:23 PM, Kaz Kylheku wrote:   
   >>>> On 2025-10-27, olcott  wrote:   
   >>>>> On 10/27/2025 3:48 PM, Kaz Kylheku wrote:   
   >>>>>> On 2025-10-27, dbush  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>> I am only referring to these fifteen lines   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> A straight forward sequence of steps that any   
   >>>>>>>> C programmer can easily determine:   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> int D()   
   >>>>>>>> {   
   >>>>>>>>       int Halt_Status = H(D);   
   >>>>>>>>       if (Halt_Status)   
   >>>>>>>>         HERE: goto HERE;   
   >>>>>>>>       return Halt_Status;   
   >>>>>>>> }   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Then you have nothing as this is incomplete and cannot be run.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> This proves the general idea regardless of the   
   >>>>> implementation details of any specific instance.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> OK, so you are saying you no longer have a viable, discussion-worthy   
   >>>> instance?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Oopsies, if so!   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Sure I do, you just know that this is so dead   
   >>> obviously correct that you keep erasing it   
   >>>   
   >>> HHH(DD) simulates DD that calls HHH(DD) to do this   
   >>> again and again until HHH figures out what is up.   
   >>   
   >> And then HHH returns a result to DD, and DD shows that it is wrong.   
   > Finally a breakthrough. Once we establish this breakthrough   
   > we can get on to the next step that addresses your objection.   
   >   
   > int D()   
   > {   
   >    int Halt_Status = H(D);   
   >    if (Halt_Status)   
   >      HERE: goto HERE;   
   >    return Halt_Status;   
   > }   
   >   
   > H simulates D   
   > that calls H(D) to simulate D   
   > that calls H(D) to simulate D   
   > that calls H(D) to simulate D   
   > that calls H(D) to simulate D   
   > that calls H(D) to simulate D   
   > until H sees this repeating pattern.   
   >   
   And reports on the following non-input:   
      
      
   int D()   
   {   
      int Halt_Status = UTM(D);   
      if (Halt_Status)   
        HERE: goto HERE;   
      return Halt_Status;   
   }   
      
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