On Mon, Oct 04, 2010 at 12:12:02PM -0400, Matthias Felleisen wrote: > > Patrick, in principle you're not mistaken to ask for a 'loop checker'. > Many people work on this topic -- despite the Halting Problem -- to this > day, mostly in language contexts that are connected to theorem proving > (or logic programming, which is close). > > If you're really interested, start with the ACL2 theorem prover.
Or coq. Its whole logic combines programming and logic, and is very much involved with termination. -- hendrik. _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users