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   Message 261,941 of 262,912   
   Tristan Wibberley to Mikko   
   Re: Exactly what halt deciders actually    
   15 Dec 25 15:12:34   
   
   XPost: comp.theory, sci.math, comp.theory   
   From: tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk   
      
   On 15/12/2025 08:53, Mikko wrote:   
   > On 15/12/2025 02:31, olcott wrote:   
   >> Turing machine halt deciders compute the mapping   
   >> from input finite strings to a halt status on the   
   >> basis of the behavior that these finite strings   
   >> inputs actually specify.   
   >   
   > There are no halt deciders so they don't actually do anything.   
   >   
      
   aha!   
      
   "/Each/ Turing machine halt decider computes ..."   
      
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