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| From | Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.theory |
| Subject | Re: On Strachey |
| Message-ID | <20220505225335.00007d75@reddwarf.jmc> (permalink) |
| References | <20220505204551.00001f5f@reddwarf.jmc> <t51fm3$915$1@dont-email.me> <20220505223908.00001a9e@reddwarf.jmc> <t51gn6$fjt$2@dont-email.me> |
| Organization | Jupiter Mining Corp |
| Date | 2022-05-05 22:53 +0100 |
On Thu, 5 May 2022 16:48:21 -0500 olcott <polcott2@gmail.com> wrote: > On 5/5/2022 4:39 PM, Mr Flibble wrote: > > On Thu, 5 May 2022 16:30:41 -0500 > > olcott <polcott2@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> On 5/5/2022 2:45 PM, Mr Flibble wrote: > >>> Strachey's "Impossible Program" [Strachey, 1965] is indeed > >>> impossible but not for the reason Strachey suggests. Strachey's > >>> impossible program is impossible not due to the contradiction he > >>> posits but is instead impossible due to an invalid infinite > >>> recursion (a category error in this case) which prevents the > >>> contradiction from ever being realised. As Strachey claims his > >>> "Impossible Program" proof is based on communication he had with > >>> Turing it seems reasonable to assume that Turing's proof has the > >>> same flaw. > >>> > >>> I suppose at some point I should stop trolling and actually read > >>> what Turing wrote so I don't have to rely on what seems > >>> reasonable. :D > >>> > >>> /Flibble > >>> > >> > >> What Turing wrote never mentions halting: > >> https://www.cs.virginia.edu/~robins/Turing_Paper_1936.pdf > > > > "Alan Turing proved in 1936 that a general algorithm to solve the > > halting problem for all possible program-input pairs cannot exist" > > [Wikipedia, 2022] > > > > /Flibble > > > > Yes what you said is equally true: > https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235222082100050X The fact it wasn't called The Halting Problem when Turing wrote his paper doesn't really change any facts on the ground? /Flibble
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On Strachey Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc> - 2022-05-05 20:45 +0100
Re: On Strachey olcott <polcott2@gmail.com> - 2022-05-05 16:30 -0500
Re: On Strachey Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc> - 2022-05-05 22:39 +0100
Re: On Strachey olcott <polcott2@gmail.com> - 2022-05-05 16:48 -0500
Re: On Strachey Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc> - 2022-05-05 22:53 +0100
Re: On Strachey olcott <polcott2@gmail.com> - 2022-05-05 17:18 -0500
Re: On Strachey Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-05-06 02:34 +0100
Re: On Strachey olcott <polcott2@gmail.com> - 2022-05-05 20:40 -0500
Re: On Strachey Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-05-06 03:53 +0100
Re: On Strachey Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc> - 2022-05-06 02:59 +0100
Re: On Strachey Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-05-06 03:50 +0100
Re: On Strachey Jeff Barnett <jbb@notatt.com> - 2022-05-05 23:01 -0600
Re: On Strachey Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc> - 2022-05-06 15:42 +0100
Re: On Strachey Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc> - 2022-05-06 14:56 +0100
Re: On Strachey olcott <polcott2@gmail.com> - 2022-05-06 11:58 -0500
Re: On Strachey Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-05-07 01:11 +0100
Re: On Strachey olcott <polcott2@gmail.com> - 2022-05-06 19:31 -0500
Re: On Strachey Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-05-07 02:07 +0100
Re: On Strachey olcott <polcott2@gmail.com> - 2022-05-06 20:34 -0500
Re: On Strachey Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-06 23:08 -0400
Re: On Strachey Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-05-07 23:47 +0100
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-07 18:14 -0500
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] Dennis Bush <dbush.mobile@gmail.com> - 2022-05-07 16:35 -0700
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-07 19:19 -0500
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] Dennis Bush <dbush.mobile@gmail.com> - 2022-05-07 17:48 -0700
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-07 20:08 -0500
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] Dennis Bush <dbush.mobile@gmail.com> - 2022-05-07 18:26 -0700
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-07 21:20 -0500
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] Dennis Bush <dbush.mobile@gmail.com> - 2022-05-07 19:36 -0700
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-09 10:31 -0500
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] Dennis Bush <dbush.mobile@gmail.com> - 2022-05-09 09:02 -0700
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-09 11:05 -0500
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] Dennis Bush <dbush.mobile@gmail.com> - 2022-05-09 09:30 -0700
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-09 11:39 -0500
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] Dennis Bush <dbush.mobile@gmail.com> - 2022-05-09 09:52 -0700
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-09 12:18 -0500
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] Dennis Bush <dbush.mobile@gmail.com> - 2022-05-09 10:26 -0700
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-09 15:17 -0500
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] Dennis Bush <dbush.mobile@gmail.com> - 2022-05-09 13:27 -0700
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-09 15:51 -0500
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] Dennis Bush <dbush.mobile@gmail.com> - 2022-05-09 13:59 -0700
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-09 16:19 -0500
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] Dennis Bush <dbush.mobile@gmail.com> - 2022-05-09 14:30 -0700
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-09 17:24 -0500
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] Dennis Bush <dbush.mobile@gmail.com> - 2022-05-09 15:56 -0700
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-09 18:13 -0500
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] Dennis Bush <dbush.mobile@gmail.com> - 2022-05-09 16:44 -0700
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-09 19:52 -0400
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-09 19:50 -0400
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] wij <wyniijj2@gmail.com> - 2022-05-09 14:51 -0700
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] wij <wyniijj2@gmail.com> - 2022-05-09 14:53 -0700
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-09 17:18 -0500
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] wij <wyniijj2@gmail.com> - 2022-05-09 15:34 -0700
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-09 17:44 -0500
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] wij <wyniijj2@gmail.com> - 2022-05-09 15:53 -0700
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-09 18:03 -0500
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] wij <wyniijj2@gmail.com> - 2022-05-09 16:11 -0700
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-09 18:19 -0500
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] wij <wyniijj2@gmail.com> - 2022-05-09 16:23 -0700
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-09 18:30 -0500
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] wij <wyniijj2@gmail.com> - 2022-05-09 16:42 -0700
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ][ proof that I am correct ] olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-10 07:16 -0500
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ][ proof that I am correct ] Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-10 19:23 -0400
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-09 20:02 -0400
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] Jeff Barnett <jbb@notatt.com> - 2022-05-09 16:12 -0600
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-09 17:36 -0500
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] Jeff Barnett <jbb@notatt.com> - 2022-05-09 20:13 -0600
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-09 23:39 -0400
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-09 22:22 -0500
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] Dennis Bush <dbush.mobile@gmail.com> - 2022-05-09 20:48 -0700
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-09 19:43 -0400
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-09 19:40 -0400
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-09 19:39 -0400
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-09 19:37 -0400
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-07 21:09 -0400
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-07 21:22 -0400
Re: On Strachey [ How nuts is that? ] Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-05-08 00:46 +0100
Re: On Strachey Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-05-07 00:58 +0100
Re: On Strachey Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2022-05-06 16:09 +0300
Re: On Strachey Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc> - 2022-05-06 14:59 +0100
Re: On Strachey Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2022-05-06 19:16 +0300
Re: On Strachey olcott <polcott2@gmail.com> - 2022-05-06 11:49 -0500
Re: On Strachey olcott <polcott2@gmail.com> - 2022-05-06 12:10 -0500
Re: On Strachey olcott <polcott2@gmail.com> - 2022-05-06 12:34 -0500
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