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[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

There have been genuine efforts to do that. Obviously (well, for a very niche use of "obviously") it's not always possible, but detecting infinite loops isn't like the uncertainty principle.

It's called The Terminator.