On 15/11/2021 17:38, Seymour J Metz wrote:
A non-terminating program can do useful work as it is running, and
replacing it with a single instruction loop would not be a correct
compilation.

A non-terminating and non-interacting program is what
the Halting Problem aims to detect.

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                        Martin

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