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From: dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: Generation of permutations
Date: 7 May 2002 19:17:47 -0700
Date: 2002-05-08T02:17:48+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5ee5b646.0205071817.6ee63d1c@posting.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: PsLB8.6706$cT1.98522399@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com

tmoran@acm.org wrote in message news:<PsLB8.6706$cT1.98522399@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com>..

> So "recursively undecidable" is a fancy way of saying 
> it may get stuck in an infinite loop.

Nope! That's quite wrong. In fact it is quite easy to detect if you
are in an infinite loop. You use the same
technique as you use in a chess match to limit repeated
positions, you just remember all previous states, and if
a state is repeated, you know you are in a non-halting
situation.

So if this was all that halting was about, there would
not be a problem.



  parent reply	other threads:[~2002-05-08  2:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 88+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-04-29 11:54 Generation of permutations Reinert Korsnes
2002-04-30 13:52 ` Ted Dennison
2002-04-30 14:20   ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-02 12:32     ` Robert Dewar
2002-05-02 15:47     ` Ted Dennison
2002-05-02 16:16       ` Mark Biggar
2002-05-03 13:04         ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-05  0:52           ` Robert Dewar
2002-05-05 23:11             ` tmoran
2002-05-06  2:13               ` Chad R. Meiners
2002-05-06 13:52                 ` Stephen Leake
2002-05-09 17:44                   ` Darren New
2002-05-09 18:07                     ` Stephen Leake
2002-05-09 20:58                       ` Darren New
2002-05-09 23:21                         ` tmoran
2002-05-09 23:51                           ` Darren New
2002-05-10  3:37                             ` tmoran
2002-05-10  3:59                               ` Darren New
2002-05-10 13:13                               ` Robert Dewar
2002-05-25 16:21                         ` Robert I. Eachus
2002-05-09 23:24                       ` Robert Dewar
2002-05-09 23:48                       ` Robert Dewar
2002-05-10  3:37                         ` tmoran
2002-05-10 15:10                         ` Chad R. Meiners
2002-05-11  4:04                           ` Robert Dewar
2002-05-16  1:35                             ` Chad R. Meiners
2002-05-11  4:05                           ` Robert Dewar
2002-05-06 15:46                 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-06 16:21                   ` Chad R. Meiners
2002-05-06 16:33                   ` Darren New
2002-05-07  0:06                     ` tmoran
2002-05-07  0:26                       ` Darren New
2002-05-07  1:56                         ` tmoran
2002-05-07 10:39                           ` Robert Dewar
2002-05-07 17:25                             ` Chad R. Meiners
2002-05-08  2:27                               ` Robert Dewar
2002-05-08  8:44                               ` Mats Karlssohn
2002-05-07 17:00                         ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-06 21:33               ` Robert Dewar
2002-05-06 17:26             ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-07  7:35             ` tmoran
2002-05-07 13:22               ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-08  5:23                 ` tmoran
2002-05-08 14:10                   ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-09 16:20                     ` Darren New
2002-05-09 19:04                     ` tmoran
2002-05-08 16:20                   ` Darren New
2002-05-08 17:31                     ` tmoran
2002-05-08 17:39                     ` Chad R. Meiners
2002-05-07 15:34               ` Darren New
2002-05-07 17:44               ` Chad R. Meiners
2002-05-07 19:58                 ` tmoran
2002-05-07 21:05                   ` Turing-undecidable languages (OT) Chad R. Meiners
2002-05-08  8:24                     ` Danx
2002-05-08 17:16                       ` Chad R. Meiners
2002-05-10  2:37                       ` Robert Dewar
2002-05-08  9:16                     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2002-05-08 17:18                       ` Chad R. Meiners
2002-05-09 20:56                         ` Dmitry A.Kazakov
2002-05-09 16:18                           ` Chad R. Meiners
2002-05-10  2:52                             ` Robert Dewar
2002-05-08  2:17               ` Robert Dewar [this message]
2002-05-03 13:13         ` Generation of permutations Ted Dennison
2002-05-03 13:24           ` Lutz Donnerhacke
2002-04-30 15:06   ` Hyman Rosen
2002-05-01  8:40     ` Adrian Hoe
2002-05-01 19:53       ` Hyman Rosen
2002-05-11  1:52     ` Steven Deller
2002-05-02 16:24   ` Mark Biggar
2002-04-30 17:12 ` Wes Groleau
2002-04-30 22:57   ` Robert Dewar
2002-05-01  0:54     ` tmoran
2002-05-01  9:42       ` Florian Weimer
2002-05-02 12:34         ` Robert Dewar
2002-05-01 12:43       ` Robert Dewar
2002-05-01 15:05         ` TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Wes Groleau
2002-05-02 12:27           ` More on copyright, (Re: TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN) Robert Dewar
2002-05-08 13:56             ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-08 18:01               ` Robert Dewar
2002-05-08 18:31                 ` Hyman Rosen
2002-05-09 13:41                 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-01 12:46       ` Generation of permutations Robert Dewar
2002-05-01 18:22         ` OT:Copyright, was " tmoran
2002-05-01 21:56           ` Robert Dewar
2002-05-01 23:45             ` tmoran
2002-05-02 11:58               ` Robert Dewar
2002-05-01 14:55     ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-02 12:41       ` Robert Dewar
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