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Technically, the theorem doesn't apply. Actually built computers aren't Turing machines: their memory is finite. The algorithm to answer if a program running o
by derobert 16y ago
Technically, the theorem doesn't apply. Actually built computers aren't Turing machines: their memory is finite.
The algorithm to answer if a program running on a deterministic finite-memory machine is trivial: Run until it either halts or repeats a state. Halting means it halts (duh); repeating a state means it doesn't halt. This algorithm is, of course, not implementable.