From: Eric Schwartz <emschwar@...>
Date: 2003-07-03T03:42:14+09:00
Subject: Re: inifinite recursion && test/unit

Andrey Kulinich <Andrey.Kulinich@itgrp.net> writes:
> I was talking about test/unit.
> Why when I'm using it in such code ruby can't detect infinite loop? In 
> my opinion this is test/unit's bug.

By definition, a program can't detect whether it'll exit or not
without actually running itself.  It's known as the Halting Problem,
and it's a fundamental theorem of Computer Science.

-=Eric
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