Re: How do computations actually work?

On 30/05/2025 08:47, Mikko wrote:

On 2025-05-29 16:41:26 +0000, Richard Heathfield said:
 

On 29/05/2025 16:27, Fred. Zwarts wrote:

The actual input is halting, the non-halting input is only in your dreams. There is no need to halt artificially a halting program.

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Doesn't that rather depend on how long it will take to halt? After all, your user wants a report, and he might not have all day.

 If the user can't wait until the report is delivered then he
must find out what to do without the report.

That's one option. Or he could use a better termination analyst, one that doesn't suffer from the fatal flaw inherent in simulation.
Unfortunately, he then runs up against the /other/ fatal flaw, which is that what he wants can't be done.
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