Re: Incorrect requirements --- Computing the mapping from the input to HHH(DD)

On 09/05/2025 06:01, olcott wrote:

On 5/8/2025 11:50 PM, Richard Heathfield wrote:

On 09/05/2025 01:14, olcott wrote:

Do you know what a C language interpreter is?

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Of course he does.
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A C language interpreter is not absolved from the requirement to diagnose C syntax errors.
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If you think that your x86utm.cpp code qualifies as a C language interpreter, you are mistaken. You don't even grant it access to the C code.
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 I am explaining is as a c language interpreter only
because its actual x86 basis seems over everyone's head.

It doesn't interpret C.
For that matter, it doesn't interpret x86 assembly language either. It just single-steps through machine instructions, like a debugger. There isn't any interpretation whatsoever.
I'm not entirely sure you understand what an interpreter actually is.
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