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losvedir
on Jan 30, 2012
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I want to fix programming
The problem is that even real live humans can't always tell if something will halt. For instance, you tell me if this loop ends:
n = 4; goldbach = true; while(goldbach) { goldbach = isSumOfTwoPrimes(n); n += 2;
You just have to prove the Goldbach Conjecture. :-)
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