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   Message 242,177 of 243,242   
   olcott to Mike Terry   
   Re: The halting problem is incorrect two   
   26 Nov 25 22:58:45   
   
   XPost: comp.theory   
   From: polcott333@gmail.com   
      
   On 11/26/2025 10:48 PM, Mike Terry wrote:   
   > On 27/11/2025 04:19, Kaz Kylheku wrote:   
   >> On 2025-11-27, olcott  wrote:   
   >>> The chief editor of one of the most prestigious   
   >>> computer science journals exchanged about 15   
   >>> emails with me. The bottom line was that he   
   >>> could not understand the x86 language well enough.   
   >>   
   >> LOL; the obvious interpretation of that is "I will say anything   
   >> for you to stop e-mailing me, you sick crank".   
   >>   
   >   
   > Or... the chief editor really was ignorant of the x86 instruction set!   
   > Yes, you'd think that someone in his role would have an idea about how   
   > processors work (executing instructions, and all that stuff) and have   
   > some familiarity with x86, but apparently not!   
   >   
   > But don't worry - PO is in the process of making a C-interpreter version   
   > of his argument.  Then the editor will have no problem understanding   
   > PO's argument - you just wait and see!   
   >   
   > Or will he?  If the chief editor is an ignorant dumbo   
      
   Then he wouldn't have been the chief editor of   
   one of the most prestigious computer science   
   journals that exist.   
      
   > who's baffled by   
   > x86, who's to say he won't be equally ignorant of "C"?  In fact, I'll   
   > bet that's how it will turn out when PO submits is new revised paper.   
   > [From PO's perspective at least.]  Hehe.   
   >   
      
   The key thing about C is that it is simple   
   enough that cheaters look ridiculous.   
      
   void DDD()   
   {   
      HHH(DDD);   
      return;   
   }   
      
   HHH simulates DDD that calls HHH(DDD)   
   that simulates DDD that calls HHH(DDD)...   
      
   How is this DDD going to reach its "return"   
   statement by HHH simulating DDD?   
      
   >   
   > Mike.   
   >   
      
      
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   "true on the basis of meaning" computable.   
      
   This required establishing a new foundation   
   for correct reasoning.   
      
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