Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site lanl.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!whuxl!whuxlm!akgua!gatech!seismo!cmcl2!lanl!hp From: hp@lanl.ARPA Newsgroups: net.ai Subject: Re: A halting problem Message-ID: <36495@lanl.ARPA> Date: Mon, 13-Jan-86 16:49:56 EST Article-I.D.: lanl.36495 Posted: Mon Jan 13 16:49:56 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 15-Jan-86 03:11:24 EST References: <2175@aecom.UUCP> <1051@utcs.uucp> Distribution: net Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory Lines: 7 The computer algebra SMP includes a solution to the halting problem. Something like halt(progname). (I can't find an SMP manual nearby.) If the program halts, it returns true. If SMP doesn't answer, you can assume that the program has an infinite loop. Be patient! ...Akkana