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Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3)

From Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
Newsgroups comp.theory
Subject Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3)
Date 2022-05-06 02:38 +0100
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <877d6zmod9.fsf@bsb.me.uk> (permalink)
References <20220505175034.0000253c@reddwarf.jmc> <87k0azoj0e.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <t51g3l$as4$2@dont-email.me>

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olcott <polcott2@gmail.com> writes:

> On 5/5/2022 2:51 PM, Ben wrote:
>> Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc> writes:
>> 
>>> This post is mostly for the benefit of Richard Damon who likes to play
>>> word games.
>>>
>>> The primary halting problem theorem proof [Turing, 1936] (upon which
>>> other currently extant halting problem proofs are derived) is invalid
>>> due to an invalid "impossible program" [Strachey, 1965] that arises not
>>> from a function call-like infinite recursion but from a category error
>>> in the form of an invalid (erroneous) infinite recursion present in the
>>> proof [Wikipedia, 2022].
>> Turing's paper does not prove the halting theorem.  You haven't read it,
>> have you?
>
> Modern computer scientists would tend to disagree:
> https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235222082100050X

What?  You cite a paper that says exactly what I am saying.

Of course you are not clear about who you think "modern computer
scientists would tend to disagree" with, but if it were Mr Silly Name
you should have replied to his post not mine.

-- 
Ben.
"le génie humain a des limites, quand la bêtise humaine n’en a pas"
Alexandre Dumas (fils)

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On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc> - 2022-05-05 17:50 +0100
  Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) olcott <polcott2@gmail.com> - 2022-05-05 13:58 -0500
    Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-05-05 20:56 +0100
      Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) olcott <polcott2@gmail.com> - 2022-05-05 17:15 -0500
        Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-05-06 02:43 +0100
          Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) olcott <polcott2@gmail.com> - 2022-05-05 20:59 -0500
            Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-05-06 04:08 +0100
  Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-05-05 20:51 +0100
    Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc> - 2022-05-05 20:52 +0100
      Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-05-05 21:15 +0100
        Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc> - 2022-05-05 21:16 +0100
      Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) olcott <polcott2@gmail.com> - 2022-05-05 16:35 -0500
    Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) olcott <polcott2@gmail.com> - 2022-05-05 16:37 -0500
      Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-05-06 02:38 +0100
        Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) olcott <polcott2@gmail.com> - 2022-05-05 20:42 -0500
          Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-05-06 03:59 +0100
  Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-05 22:33 -0400
    Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc> - 2022-05-06 15:02 +0100
      Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Python <python@example.invalid> - 2022-05-06 16:18 +0200
        Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) olcott <polcott2@gmail.com> - 2022-05-06 11:55 -0500
      Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2022-05-07 12:52 +0300
        Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc> - 2022-05-07 13:42 +0100
          Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2022-05-07 16:59 +0300
            Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc> - 2022-05-07 15:06 +0100
              Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2022-05-07 17:16 +0300
                Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc> - 2022-05-07 15:20 +0100
                Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2022-05-07 18:13 +0300
                Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc> - 2022-05-07 16:19 +0100
                Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) olcott <polcott2@gmail.com> - 2022-05-07 11:03 -0500
                Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-05-07 23:41 +0100
                Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc> - 2022-05-07 23:43 +0100
                Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-07 19:59 -0400
                Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc> - 2022-05-08 01:01 +0100
                Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-07 20:18 -0400
                Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc> - 2022-05-08 01:55 +0100
                Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2022-05-08 11:31 +0300
                Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc> - 2022-05-08 09:49 +0100
                Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2022-05-08 13:00 +0300
                Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc> - 2022-05-08 12:57 +0100
                Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-08 07:45 -0400
                Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc> - 2022-05-08 13:02 +0100
                Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-08 08:31 -0400
                Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc> - 2022-05-08 13:39 +0100
                Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-08 14:10 -0400
                Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc> - 2022-05-08 20:06 +0100
                Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-08 15:39 -0400
                Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc> - 2022-05-08 21:14 +0100
                Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-08 17:40 -0400
                Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc> - 2022-05-08 23:04 +0100
                Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-05-09 00:26 +0100
                Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-08 19:40 -0400
                Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-09 10:55 -0500
                Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-09 20:13 -0400
                Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-09 10:51 -0500
                Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc> - 2022-05-09 18:31 +0100
                Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-09 12:36 -0500
                Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-09 20:15 -0400
                Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-09 20:14 -0400
                Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-09 10:49 -0500
                Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc> - 2022-05-09 18:31 +0100
                Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-09 12:37 -0500
                Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-09 10:47 -0500
                Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2022-05-09 19:33 +0300
                Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-09 11:36 -0500
                Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-09 20:17 -0400
                Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) olcott <polcott2@gmail.com> - 2022-05-07 11:06 -0500
  Re: On recursion and infinite recursion (reprise #3) Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2022-05-06 16:39 +0300

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