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I think this is an excellent example of proper application of the Halting Problem. The halting problem tells us that the problem is unsolvable in the general case, so you look for limited scenarios in which the problem is solvable.

Taemyr
– Taemyr

2016-03-08 08:56:19 +00:00
Commented Mar 8, 2016 at 8:56
Note that the problem becomes far more solvable when we talk about pure or nearly pure functional, non-side-effecting languages like Standard ML and Haskell

cat
– cat

2016-03-08 22:50:25 +00:00
Commented Mar 8, 2016 at 22:50

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