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// The pseudo code shown below has been converted
// to C compiled as C++
// the pseudo code is easier to read.
// the C code is fully operational.

/***
As I first published here back in 2004:
On 6/23/2004 9:34 PM, Olcott wrote:

function LoopIfYouSayItHalts (bool YouSayItHalts):
if YouSayItHalts () then
while true do {}
else
return false;

Does this program Halt?

(Your (YES or NO) answer is to be considered
translated to Boolean as the function's input
parameter)

Please ONLY PROVIDE CORRECT ANSWERS!

***/

#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>

void LoopIfYouSayItHalts(bool YouSayItHalts)
{
if (YouSayItHalts)
while(true)
;
else
return;
}

void OutputProgram()
{
printf("\n\n\nvoid LoopIfYouSayItHalts "
"(bool YouSayItHalts)\n");
printf("{\n");
printf(" if (YouSayItHalts)\n");
printf(" while(true)\n");
printf(" ;\n");
printf(" else\n");
printf(" return;\n");
printf("}\n\n\n");
}

void Prompt()
{
char choice = 'x';
printf("Does this program Halt?\n");
printf("(Y or N) translated to Boolean argument"
" to LoopIfYouSayItHalts()\n");
printf("\nPlease ONLY PROVIDE CORRECT (Y or N) ANSWERS!\n");
while (choice != 'Y'&& choice != 'y' &&
choice != 'N' && choice != 'n')
{
choice = getch();
if (choice != 'Y'&& choice != 'y' &&
choice != 'N' && choice != 'n')
printf("Must be (Y or N)\n");
}

if (choice == 'Y' || choice == 'y')
{
printf("\nWrong Answer!\n"
"LoopIfYouSayItHalts(true) is stuck in a loop!\n\n");
LoopIfYouSayItHalts(true);
}
if (choice == 'N' || choice == 'n')
{
printf("\nWrong Answer!\n"
"LoopIfYouSayItHalts(false) halts now!\n\n");
LoopIfYouSayItHalts(false);
}
}


int main()
{
OutputProgram();
Prompt();
return 0;
}
--
Copyright 2025 Olcott "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius
hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer

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From Newsgroup: comp.ai.philosophy

On 10/10/2025 2:57 AM, Mikko wrote:

On 2025-10-09 17:13:36 +0000, Bonita Montero said:

Am 09.10.2025 um 17:33 schrieb olcott:

// The pseudo code shown below has been converted
// to C compiled as C++
// the pseudo code is easier to read.
// the C code is fully operational.

/***
As I first published here back in 2004:
On 6/23/2004 9:34 PM, Olcott wrote:

function LoopIfYouSayItHalts (bool YouSayItHalts):
-a-a-a-a if YouSayItHalts () then
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a while true do {}
-a-a-a-a-a else
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a return false;

Does this program Halt?

(Your (YES or NO) answer is to be considered
-a-a translated to Boolean as the function's input
-a-a parameter)

Please ONLY PROVIDE CORRECT ANSWERS!

***/

#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>

void LoopIfYouSayItHalts(bool YouSayItHalts)
{
-a if (YouSayItHalts)
-a-a-a while(true)
-a-a-a-a-a ;
-a else
-a-a-a return;
}

void OutputProgram()
{
-a printf("\n\n\nvoid LoopIfYouSayItHalts "
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a "(bool YouSayItHalts)\n");
-a printf("{\n");
-a printf("-a if (YouSayItHalts)\n");
-a printf("-a-a-a while(true)\n");
-a printf("-a-a-a-a-a ;\n");
-a printf("-a else\n");
-a printf("-a-a-a return;\n");
-a printf("}\n\n\n");
}

void Prompt()
{
-achar choice = 'x';
-aprintf("Does this program Halt?\n");
-aprintf("(Y or N) translated to Boolean argument"
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a " to LoopIfYouSayItHalts()\n");
-aprintf("\nPlease ONLY PROVIDE CORRECT (Y or N) ANSWERS!\n");
-awhile (choice != 'Y'&& choice != 'y' &&
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a choice != 'N' && choice != 'n')
-a{
-a-a choice = getch();
-a-a if (choice != 'Y'&& choice != 'y' &&
-a-a-a-a-a-a choice != 'N' && choice != 'n')
-a-a-a-a printf("Must be (Y or N)\n");
-a}

-aif (choice == 'Y' || choice == 'y')
-a{
-a-a printf("\nWrong Answer!\n"
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a "LoopIfYouSayItHalts(true) is stuck in a loop!\n\n"); >>> -a-a LoopIfYouSayItHalts(true);
-a}
-aif (choice == 'N' || choice == 'n')
-a{
-a-a printf("\nWrong Answer!\n"
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a "LoopIfYouSayItHalts(false) halts now!\n\n");
-a-a LoopIfYouSayItHalts(false);
-a}
}


int main()
{
-a OutputProgram();
-a Prompt();
-a return 0;
}

Complete idiot !

I don't think a complete idiot could write a stupid C program.
The lack of the ability to think rationally is common among
normal humans.

It is a matter of thinking at a deeper philosophical
level to verify whether or not the elements that comprise
undecidable instances of decision problems fit coherently
together.

The non-philosophical position is to take conventional
wisdom as the infallible word of God and to consider
any challenges to this mere conventional view as a sort
of blasphemy to be ridiculed.
--
Copyright 2025 Olcott "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius
hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer
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From Newsgroup: comp.ai.philosophy

[ Followup-To: set ]

In comp.theory olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> wrote:

The non-philosophical position is to take conventional
wisdom as the infallible word of God and to consider
any challenges to this mere conventional view as a sort
of blasphemy to be ridiculed.

No, not blasphemy, just stupidity. The circle squarers, angle trisectors
and cube duplicators are not blasphemous, just stupid. Their
intelligence doesn't reach the level needed to appreciate their ignorance
of the pertinent proven mathematics.

To those can be added the halting problemists.

--
Copyright 2025 Olcott "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius
hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer

--
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

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