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"G.B." <bauhaus@notmyhomepage.invalid> writes:

> So, I guess for writing an embedded program like
>
>   loop
>     Ouput (Compute (Input));
>   end loop;
>
> one doesn't need to be aware that classical logic, without some type
> system, incurs the possibility of the HALTing trouble.

For (most) embedded programs, one would rather they didn't halt.