19 years

Here is a badly formatted archive of Peter Olcott trying exactly the same nonsense back in 2005:
https://bytes.com/topic/c/133355-solution-halting-problem/4
 > I didn't think that I was going to have to post something else to further my
explanation, but I guess I was wrong.
 >
 > You cannot argue that the result is different. While it is true that the
 > code is different and the characters written to the screen are different,
 > the ANSWER (AKA conclusion) is the same for every input. That is, for every
 > input that WillHalt() displays "The Program Will Halt",
 > WillHaltWithRet urnValue() will return TRUE, and for every input that
 > WillHalt() displays "The Program Will Not Halt", WillHaltWithReturnValue()
 > will return FALSE, and for every input that WillHalt() displays "Security
 > Has Been Breached, Take Corrective Action", WillHaltWithReturnValue() will
 > return UNKNOWN. If you're trying to say that there is a case where
 > WillHaltWithRet urnValue() and WillHalt() can come to a different conclusion
 > when passed the same source, then you're either grasping at straws or just
 > plain wrong.
 >
 > --
 > David Hilsee
 > Jul 22 '05 #32
Nothing ever changes.