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Does this Foo machine halt?


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Determining whether a Turing machine halts is well known to be undecidable, but that's not necessarily true for simpler machines.



A Foo machine is a machine with a finite tape, where each cell on the tape has an integer or the halt symbol h, e.g.



2 h 1 -1



The instruction pointer starts by pointing to the first cell:



2 h 1 -1
^


At every step, the instruction pointer moves forward by the number it points to, then negates that number. So, after one step, it would move forward 2 cells, and turn the 2 into a -2:



-2 h 1 -1
^


The Foo machine keeps doing this until the instruction pointer is pointing to the halt symbol (h). So, here is the full execution of this program:



2 h 1 -1
^

-2 h 1 -1
^

-2 h -1 -1
^

-2 h -1 1
^

-2 h 1 1
^


The tape is also circular, so if the instruction pointer moves off of one side of the tape, it goes to the other side, e.g.:



3 h 1 3
^
-3 h 1 3
^
-3 h 1 -3
^
-3 h -1 -3
^
-3 h -1 3
^
3 h -1 3
^


One interesting thing about these Foo machines is that some do not halt, e.g.:



1 2 h 2
^
-1 2 h 2
^
-1 -2 h 2
^
-1 -2 h -2
^
-1 2 h -2
^
-1 2 h 2
^


This program will continue looping in those last four states forever.



So, write a program which determines if a Foo machine halts or not! You can use any (reasonable) input format you like for the Foo machines, and you can choose to use 0 as the halt symbol. You can use any two distinct outputs for the case where it does halt and the case where it doesn't. Your program must, of course, output an answer in a finite amount of time for all valid inputs.



This is code-golf, so try to make your program as short as possible!



Test cases



2 h 1 -1
Halts
3 h 1 3
Halts
h
Halts
1 1 1 1 h
Halts
2 1 3 2 1 2 h
Halts
3 2 1 1 4 h
Halts
1 -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 -7 -8 -9 -10 -11 -12 -13 -14 -15 -16 -17 -18 h -20 -21 -22 -23 -24 -25 -26 -27 -28 -29 -30 -31 -32 -33 -34 -35 -36
Halts

2 h
Does not halt
1 2 h 2
Does not halt
8 1 2 3 3 4 8 4 3 2 h
Does not halt
1 2 4 3 h 2 4 5 3
Does not halt
3 1 h 3 1 1
Does not halt
1 2 h 42
Does not halt









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    Just so I'm sure, about the algorithm to resolve this. I'm not that of an algorithm master so I prefer asking before going in the wrong direction. Will a non-halting Foo machine always get back to its exact original state? Or are there "chaotic-behaviored" non-halting machines?
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    Aug 9 at 6:56






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    @V.Courtois All non-halting Foo machines will end up in a loop of states, because there are only finitely many possible states a Foo machine can be in (there are n possible places the instruction pointer can be, and 2^n possible tape configurations). Each state has one and only one "next state". So, if a Foo machine ends up back in a state it's already been in, it'll just keep looping. Because there are only finitely many states, it can't keep chaotically jumping around between states because it'll end up eventually going to one it's already been in.
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    Suggested extra-long test case: 1 -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 -7 -8 -9 -10 -11 -12 -13 -14 -15 -16 -17 -18 h -20 -21 -22 -23 -24 -25 -26 -27 -28 -29 -30 -31 -32 -33 -34 -35 -36, which halts after 786430 steps.
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Determining whether a Turing machine halts is well known to be undecidable, but that's not necessarily true for simpler machines.



A Foo machine is a machine with a finite tape, where each cell on the tape has an integer or the halt symbol h, e.g.



2 h 1 -1



The instruction pointer starts by pointing to the first cell:



2 h 1 -1
^


At every step, the instruction pointer moves forward by the number it points to, then negates that number. So, after one step, it would move forward 2 cells, and turn the 2 into a -2:



-2 h 1 -1
^


The Foo machine keeps doing this until the instruction pointer is pointing to the halt symbol (h). So, here is the full execution of this program:



2 h 1 -1
^

-2 h 1 -1
^

-2 h -1 -1
^

-2 h -1 1
^

-2 h 1 1
^


The tape is also circular, so if the instruction pointer moves off of one side of the tape, it goes to the other side, e.g.:



3 h 1 3
^
-3 h 1 3
^
-3 h 1 -3
^
-3 h -1 -3
^
-3 h -1 3
^
3 h -1 3
^


One interesting thing about these Foo machines is that some do not halt, e.g.:



1 2 h 2
^
-1 2 h 2
^
-1 -2 h 2
^
-1 -2 h -2
^
-1 2 h -2
^
-1 2 h 2
^


This program will continue looping in those last four states forever.



So, write a program which determines if a Foo machine halts or not! You can use any (reasonable) input format you like for the Foo machines, and you can choose to use 0 as the halt symbol. You can use any two distinct outputs for the case where it does halt and the case where it doesn't. Your program must, of course, output an answer in a finite amount of time for all valid inputs.



This is code-golf, so try to make your program as short as possible!



Test cases



2 h 1 -1
Halts
3 h 1 3
Halts
h
Halts
1 1 1 1 h
Halts
2 1 3 2 1 2 h
Halts
3 2 1 1 4 h
Halts
1 -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 -7 -8 -9 -10 -11 -12 -13 -14 -15 -16 -17 -18 h -20 -21 -22 -23 -24 -25 -26 -27 -28 -29 -30 -31 -32 -33 -34 -35 -36
Halts

2 h
Does not halt
1 2 h 2
Does not halt
8 1 2 3 3 4 8 4 3 2 h
Does not halt
1 2 4 3 h 2 4 5 3
Does not halt
3 1 h 3 1 1
Does not halt
1 2 h 42
Does not halt









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    @V.Courtois All non-halting Foo machines will end up in a loop of states, because there are only finitely many possible states a Foo machine can be in (there are n possible places the instruction pointer can be, and 2^n possible tape configurations). Each state has one and only one "next state". So, if a Foo machine ends up back in a state it's already been in, it'll just keep looping. Because there are only finitely many states, it can't keep chaotically jumping around between states because it'll end up eventually going to one it's already been in.
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    Suggested extra-long test case: 1 -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 -7 -8 -9 -10 -11 -12 -13 -14 -15 -16 -17 -18 h -20 -21 -22 -23 -24 -25 -26 -27 -28 -29 -30 -31 -32 -33 -34 -35 -36, which halts after 786430 steps.
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Determining whether a Turing machine halts is well known to be undecidable, but that's not necessarily true for simpler machines.



A Foo machine is a machine with a finite tape, where each cell on the tape has an integer or the halt symbol h, e.g.



2 h 1 -1



The instruction pointer starts by pointing to the first cell:



2 h 1 -1
^


At every step, the instruction pointer moves forward by the number it points to, then negates that number. So, after one step, it would move forward 2 cells, and turn the 2 into a -2:



-2 h 1 -1
^


The Foo machine keeps doing this until the instruction pointer is pointing to the halt symbol (h). So, here is the full execution of this program:



2 h 1 -1
^

-2 h 1 -1
^

-2 h -1 -1
^

-2 h -1 1
^

-2 h 1 1
^


The tape is also circular, so if the instruction pointer moves off of one side of the tape, it goes to the other side, e.g.:



3 h 1 3
^
-3 h 1 3
^
-3 h 1 -3
^
-3 h -1 -3
^
-3 h -1 3
^
3 h -1 3
^


One interesting thing about these Foo machines is that some do not halt, e.g.:



1 2 h 2
^
-1 2 h 2
^
-1 -2 h 2
^
-1 -2 h -2
^
-1 2 h -2
^
-1 2 h 2
^


This program will continue looping in those last four states forever.



So, write a program which determines if a Foo machine halts or not! You can use any (reasonable) input format you like for the Foo machines, and you can choose to use 0 as the halt symbol. You can use any two distinct outputs for the case where it does halt and the case where it doesn't. Your program must, of course, output an answer in a finite amount of time for all valid inputs.



This is code-golf, so try to make your program as short as possible!



Test cases



2 h 1 -1
Halts
3 h 1 3
Halts
h
Halts
1 1 1 1 h
Halts
2 1 3 2 1 2 h
Halts
3 2 1 1 4 h
Halts
1 -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 -7 -8 -9 -10 -11 -12 -13 -14 -15 -16 -17 -18 h -20 -21 -22 -23 -24 -25 -26 -27 -28 -29 -30 -31 -32 -33 -34 -35 -36
Halts

2 h
Does not halt
1 2 h 2
Does not halt
8 1 2 3 3 4 8 4 3 2 h
Does not halt
1 2 4 3 h 2 4 5 3
Does not halt
3 1 h 3 1 1
Does not halt
1 2 h 42
Does not halt









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$endgroup$




Determining whether a Turing machine halts is well known to be undecidable, but that's not necessarily true for simpler machines.



A Foo machine is a machine with a finite tape, where each cell on the tape has an integer or the halt symbol h, e.g.



2 h 1 -1



The instruction pointer starts by pointing to the first cell:



2 h 1 -1
^


At every step, the instruction pointer moves forward by the number it points to, then negates that number. So, after one step, it would move forward 2 cells, and turn the 2 into a -2:



-2 h 1 -1
^


The Foo machine keeps doing this until the instruction pointer is pointing to the halt symbol (h). So, here is the full execution of this program:



2 h 1 -1
^

-2 h 1 -1
^

-2 h -1 -1
^

-2 h -1 1
^

-2 h 1 1
^


The tape is also circular, so if the instruction pointer moves off of one side of the tape, it goes to the other side, e.g.:



3 h 1 3
^
-3 h 1 3
^
-3 h 1 -3
^
-3 h -1 -3
^
-3 h -1 3
^
3 h -1 3
^


One interesting thing about these Foo machines is that some do not halt, e.g.:



1 2 h 2
^
-1 2 h 2
^
-1 -2 h 2
^
-1 -2 h -2
^
-1 2 h -2
^
-1 2 h 2
^


This program will continue looping in those last four states forever.



So, write a program which determines if a Foo machine halts or not! You can use any (reasonable) input format you like for the Foo machines, and you can choose to use 0 as the halt symbol. You can use any two distinct outputs for the case where it does halt and the case where it doesn't. Your program must, of course, output an answer in a finite amount of time for all valid inputs.



This is code-golf, so try to make your program as short as possible!



Test cases



2 h 1 -1
Halts
3 h 1 3
Halts
h
Halts
1 1 1 1 h
Halts
2 1 3 2 1 2 h
Halts
3 2 1 1 4 h
Halts
1 -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 -7 -8 -9 -10 -11 -12 -13 -14 -15 -16 -17 -18 h -20 -21 -22 -23 -24 -25 -26 -27 -28 -29 -30 -31 -32 -33 -34 -35 -36
Halts

2 h
Does not halt
1 2 h 2
Does not halt
8 1 2 3 3 4 8 4 3 2 h
Does not halt
1 2 4 3 h 2 4 5 3
Does not halt
3 1 h 3 1 1
Does not halt
1 2 h 42
Does not halt






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    Just so I'm sure, about the algorithm to resolve this. I'm not that of an algorithm master so I prefer asking before going in the wrong direction. Will a non-halting Foo machine always get back to its exact original state? Or are there "chaotic-behaviored" non-halting machines?
    $endgroup$
    – V. Courtois
    Aug 9 at 6:56






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    @V.Courtois All non-halting Foo machines will end up in a loop of states, because there are only finitely many possible states a Foo machine can be in (there are n possible places the instruction pointer can be, and 2^n possible tape configurations). Each state has one and only one "next state". So, if a Foo machine ends up back in a state it's already been in, it'll just keep looping. Because there are only finitely many states, it can't keep chaotically jumping around between states because it'll end up eventually going to one it's already been in.
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    Aug 9 at 11:34






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    Suggested test case: 3 2 1 1 4 h. This one halts but requires more iterations than twice the number of elements.
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    – Arnauld
    Aug 9 at 12:32






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    $begingroup$
    Suggested extra-long test case: 1 -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 -7 -8 -9 -10 -11 -12 -13 -14 -15 -16 -17 -18 h -20 -21 -22 -23 -24 -25 -26 -27 -28 -29 -30 -31 -32 -33 -34 -35 -36, which halts after 786430 steps.
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  • 5




    $begingroup$
    Just so I'm sure, about the algorithm to resolve this. I'm not that of an algorithm master so I prefer asking before going in the wrong direction. Will a non-halting Foo machine always get back to its exact original state? Or are there "chaotic-behaviored" non-halting machines?
    $endgroup$
    – V. Courtois
    Aug 9 at 6:56






  • 5




    $begingroup$
    @V.Courtois All non-halting Foo machines will end up in a loop of states, because there are only finitely many possible states a Foo machine can be in (there are n possible places the instruction pointer can be, and 2^n possible tape configurations). Each state has one and only one "next state". So, if a Foo machine ends up back in a state it's already been in, it'll just keep looping. Because there are only finitely many states, it can't keep chaotically jumping around between states because it'll end up eventually going to one it's already been in.
    $endgroup$
    – Leo Tenenbaum
    Aug 9 at 7:09






  • 3




    $begingroup$
    Suggested test case: 1 2 h 42 (does not halt)
    $endgroup$
    – Arnauld
    Aug 9 at 11:34






  • 6




    $begingroup$
    Suggested test case: 3 2 1 1 4 h. This one halts but requires more iterations than twice the number of elements.
    $endgroup$
    – Arnauld
    Aug 9 at 12:32






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    $begingroup$
    Suggested extra-long test case: 1 -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 -7 -8 -9 -10 -11 -12 -13 -14 -15 -16 -17 -18 h -20 -21 -22 -23 -24 -25 -26 -27 -28 -29 -30 -31 -32 -33 -34 -35 -36, which halts after 786430 steps.
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Just so I'm sure, about the algorithm to resolve this. I'm not that of an algorithm master so I prefer asking before going in the wrong direction. Will a non-halting Foo machine always get back to its exact original state? Or are there "chaotic-behaviored" non-halting machines?
$endgroup$
– V. Courtois
Aug 9 at 6:56




$begingroup$
Just so I'm sure, about the algorithm to resolve this. I'm not that of an algorithm master so I prefer asking before going in the wrong direction. Will a non-halting Foo machine always get back to its exact original state? Or are there "chaotic-behaviored" non-halting machines?
$endgroup$
– V. Courtois
Aug 9 at 6:56




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$begingroup$
@V.Courtois All non-halting Foo machines will end up in a loop of states, because there are only finitely many possible states a Foo machine can be in (there are n possible places the instruction pointer can be, and 2^n possible tape configurations). Each state has one and only one "next state". So, if a Foo machine ends up back in a state it's already been in, it'll just keep looping. Because there are only finitely many states, it can't keep chaotically jumping around between states because it'll end up eventually going to one it's already been in.
$endgroup$
– Leo Tenenbaum
Aug 9 at 7:09




$begingroup$
@V.Courtois All non-halting Foo machines will end up in a loop of states, because there are only finitely many possible states a Foo machine can be in (there are n possible places the instruction pointer can be, and 2^n possible tape configurations). Each state has one and only one "next state". So, if a Foo machine ends up back in a state it's already been in, it'll just keep looping. Because there are only finitely many states, it can't keep chaotically jumping around between states because it'll end up eventually going to one it's already been in.
$endgroup$
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Aug 9 at 7:09




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Suggested test case: 3 2 1 1 4 h. This one halts but requires more iterations than twice the number of elements.
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Aug 9 at 12:32




$begingroup$
Suggested test case: 3 2 1 1 4 h. This one halts but requires more iterations than twice the number of elements.
$endgroup$
– Arnauld
Aug 9 at 12:32




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Suggested extra-long test case: 1 -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 -7 -8 -9 -10 -11 -12 -13 -14 -15 -16 -17 -18 h -20 -21 -22 -23 -24 -25 -26 -27 -28 -29 -30 -31 -32 -33 -34 -35 -36, which halts after 786430 steps.
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Aug 9 at 15:13




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Suggested extra-long test case: 1 -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 -7 -8 -9 -10 -11 -12 -13 -14 -15 -16 -17 -18 h -20 -21 -22 -23 -24 -25 -26 -27 -28 -29 -30 -31 -32 -33 -34 -35 -36, which halts after 786430 steps.
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C# (Visual C# Interactive Compiler), 72 bytes





x=>int i=0,k=0,f=x.Count;for(;i++<1<<f;k%=f)k-=(x[k]*=-1)%f-f;i/=x[k];


Try it online!



I don't know if the following is valid, since it requires a custom delegate with a signature of unsafe delegate System.Action<int> D(int* a);
and has to be wrapped in an unsafe block to be used, but here it is anyways:




C# (.NET Core), 65 bytes





x=>f=>int i=0,k=0;for(;i++<1<<f;k%=f)k-=(x[k]*=-1)%f-f;k/=x[k];


Try it online!



This function takes in an int* and returns a Action<int>; in other words, it is a curried function. The only reason I use pointers is because of codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/a/13262/84206, which allows me to save bytes by already having a variable already defined with the length of the array.



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    Golfed your code by 2 bytes: tio.run/…
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    I'm not sure if there are any edge cases for which it won't work, but without breaking any of the current test cases you could replace 1<<f with 2*f to save a byte.
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    77 bytes with horrible LINQ magic and Arnauld's fix. I have no idea how does this solution work, so I may have broken it.
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    63 bytes via a normal sane 1-byte golf and changing IO to error/no error. Link to link
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Python 3, 63 89 bytes





def f(x):
for i in range(2**len(x)):a=x[0];x[0]=-a;b=a%len(x);x=x[b:]+x[:b]
return a==0


Try it online!



Also works for Python 2; a byte can be saved in Python 2 by replacing return with print and having the function print to stdout instead of returning. R turns True for halting and False for non-halting.



Thanks to @Neil and @Arnauld for noting that I needed to check longer for halting. Thanks to @Jitse for pointing out a problem with [2,0]. Thanks to @mypetlion for noting that the absolute of the tape values could exceed the tape length.






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    OK, I'll bite: how do you know x+x is enough?
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    @Neil It's actually not enough. A counter-example is [ 3, 2, 1, 1, 4, 0 ], which does halt in more than 12 iterations.
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    Aug 9 at 12:33






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    @Jitse len(x)*x would not work. For instance, [8,7,6,5,7,4,0,3,6] halts in more than $9^2$ iterations.
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    Aug 9 at 14:59






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    Isn't 2**len(x) still a bit short of the maximum? I calculate the number of states as n*(2**n) (with n=len(x)-1).
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    Aug 9 at 15:07






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    @O.O.Balance I see what you mean, since each state can have a pointer in each cell... however, I feel likes there's some other limit applied by the fact that each cell can only possibllly transition to two other cells. As a side note: nothing in the challenge says there has to be a halting state in the input
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Jelly, 15 11 bytes



N1¦ṙ⁸ḢƊÐLḢẸ


Try it online!



A monadic link that takes the input as a list of integers using 0 to mean halt. Returns 0 for halting inputs and 1 for those that don’t halt.



Avoids the issue of needing to work out number of iterations because of the use of ÐL which will loop until no new result seen.



Thanks to @JonathanAllan for saving a byte!



Explanation



 ƊÐL | Loop the following as a monad until the result has been seen before:
N1¦ | - Negate the first element
ṙ⁸ | - Rotate left by each of the elements
Ḣ | - Take just the result of rotating by the first element
Ḣ | Finally take the first element
Ẹ | And check if non-zero





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    Save a byte by rotating by all the entries and then just keeping the first result: N1¦ṙ⁸ḢƊÐLḢẸ
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Python 3, 91 bytes





def f(a):
s=0,;i=0
while(*a,)-s:s|=(*a,);a[i]*=-1;i-=a[i];i%=len(a)
return a[i]==0


Try it online!



-40 bytes thanks to JoKing and Jitse






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    @JoKing 109 bytes by doing the variable assignments in the first line.
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    92 bytes by changing tuple conversion to starred expansion, not starting with an empty set and rephrasing the while condition.
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    @Jitse Mutable arguments stay mutated
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    @JoKing Damn, I never learn :p. 93 bytes then.
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Perl 6, 46 43 36 bytes





$_.=rotate(.[0]*=-1)xx 2**$_;!.[0]


Try it online!



Represents halt by 0 and returns true if the machine halts. This repeats the logic 2**(length n) times, where if the pointer ends up on the halt cell, it stays there, otherwise it will be on a non-halt cell. This works because there are only 2**n possible states (ignoring halt cells) for the Foo machine to be in, since each non-halt cell has only two states. Okay yes, there are states than that, but due to the limited possible transitions between pointers (and therefore states) there will be less than 2**$_ states... I think



Explanation



 # Anonymous codeblock
xx 2**$_ # Repeat 2**len(n) times
.[0]*=-1 # Negate the first element
$_.=rotate( ) # Rotate the list by that value
;!.[0] # Return if the first element is 0





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    The state of the Foo machine also includes the location of the pointer, not just the signs of each cell.
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    Sketch of a proof for a Foo machine with tape a_1 ... a_n 0 . Consider an n-cube of the signs of each cell with directed edges (= an iteration of Foo) between vertices (= states), visiting the same vertex via any loop of edges will result in the IP being in the same position it started with. Proof: In a loop, the IP travels in each dimension an even number of times, ie the IP changes by k×(a_j + (-a_j)) % n ≡ 0 for each dimension, hence it always returns to the same position, only ever seeing 1 state out of n states for each vertex, ie a total max of 2^n states (= number of vertices of cube).
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    Just an empirical result, but brute-forcing the longest cycle among halting machines on a tape of length $n$ suggests that a tighter upper bound is $lfloor2^n.log(n)/nrceil$.
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05AB1E, 14 13 bytes



goFć©(š®._}®_


Try it online!



Takes the input as a list of integers with 0 as the halting instruction. Returns 1 for halting and 0 for not halting.



Thanks to @KevinCruijssen for saving 2 bytes!






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    Oh nice, so that's what your Jelly answer does! Great use of the rotate and ć! I was waiting for an explanation in the hope to golf my answer, but you beat me to it, haha. ;p -1 byte by doing the same golf as my answer though: g·F to «v (Try it online.)
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    And one additional -1 by using ©® instead of the DŠs: «vć©(š®._}®_ (Try it online.)
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    As Arnauld noted on your Python answer, looping two times the length isn't enough. So you can change the «v to goF.
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a->int k=0,l=a.length,i=0;for(;i++<1<<l;k%=l)k-=(a[k]*=-1)%l-l;k/=a[k];


Straight-forward port of @EmbodimentOfIgnorance's C# .NET answer, so make sure to upvote him!

Thanks to @Arnauld for finding two bugs (which also applies to some other answers).



Results in an java.lang.ArithmeticException: / by zero error when it's able to halt, or no error if not.



Try it online.



Explanation:



a-> // Method with integer-array as parameter and no return-type
int k=0, // Index integer, starting at 0
l=a.length, // The length `l` of the input-array
i=0;for(;i++<1<<l; // Loop 2^length amount of times:
k%=l) // After every iteration: take mod `l` of `k`
k-= // Decrease `k` by:
(a[k]*=-1) // Negate the value at index `k` first
%l // Then take modulo `l` of this
-l; // And then subtract `l` from it
// (NOTE: the modulo `l` and minus `l` are used for wrapping
// and/or converting negative indices to positive ones
k/=a[k]; // After the loop: divide `k` by the `k`'th value,
// which will result in an division by 0 error if are halting





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    Just wondering, are you allowed to take the length as an additional argument? The default for IO post on meta doesn't say so, and the only reason my second answer takes a length is because it takes in a int*(from codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/a/13262/84206)
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    @EmbodimentofIgnorance Ah, when I saw your answer I assumed there was some kind of of meta rule that allowed the length to be taken as additional input, but that only applies to pointers. Thanks for letting me know. I've removed the length parameter (but still use the error/no-error to determine the result).
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s x|m<-length x,let g(n:p)=(drop<>take)(mod n m)(-n:p)=iterate g x!!(2^m)!!0==0


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Returns True for halting machines, and False otherwise. Input in the form of a list, with 0 representing a halting state.



Assumes a version of GHC greater than 8.4 (released Feb 2018).






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    JavaScript (Node.js), 71 67 bytes





    x=>for(p=l=x.length,i=2**l;i--;)p+=l-(x[p%l]*=-1)%l;return!x[p%l]


    Basically the same as @EmbodimentOfIgnorance's C# .NET answer



    4 byte save thanks to @Arnaud



    Try it online!




    JavaScript (Node.js), 61 bytes





    x=>for(p=l=x.length,i=2**l;i--;p+=l-(x[p%l]*=-1)%l)x[p%l].f


    This version uses undefined as a halting symbol and throws a TypeError: Cannot read property 'f' of undefined when the machine halts and terminates quietly when the machine doesn't halt.



    Try it online!






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      Scala, 156 bytes



      Still golfable IMO, but I'm okay with it for now. Returns 0 for non-halting Foos and 1 for halting Foos. Takes the input in a as an Array[Int], so h is taken as 0.





      var u=Seq[Array[Int]]()//Keep track of all states
      var i=0//Index
      while(u.forall(_.deep!=a.deep))if(a(i)==0)return 1//Check if we are in a previously encountered step ; Halt
      u:+=a.clone//Add current state in the tracker
      var k=i//Stock temp index
      i=(a(i)+i)%a.length//Move index to next step
      if(i<0)i+=a.length//Modulus operator in Scala can return a negative value...
      a(k)*=(-1)//Change sign of last seen index
      0//Returns 0 if we met a previous step


      It is pretty long to run (around 4 seconds for all the test cases) because of the multiple full-array lookups I did, plus the .deep that create copies... But you can still try it online.






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        Perl 5 -ap, 88 bytes





        for(;$F[$i]&&!$k"$i;$i=($i+$F[$i])%@F)$k"$i=1;$F[$i]*=-1$_=!$F[$i]


        Try it online!






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          Attache, 40 bytes



          Not@&N@Periodic[On[0,`-,_]&Rotate!_@0]


          Try it online!



          Explanation



          On[0,`-,_]&Rotate!_@0


          This performs a single iteration of the Foo machine; it negates the first member, then rotates the array by the (original, non-negated) first element of the array.



          Periodic will apply this function until a duplicate result is accumulated. A machine either halts, or goes into a trivial infinite loop. If it halts, the first element will be 0. Otherwise, it will be non-zero.



          &N is a golfy way of obtaining the first element of a numeric array. Then, Not returns true for 0 (halting machines) and false for anything else (non halting machines).






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            Charcoal, 28 bytes



            ≔⁰ηFX²L諧≔θ籧θη≧⁻§θη绬§θη


            Try it online! Link is to verbose version of code. Outputs using Charcoal's default Boolean output, which is - for true and nothing for false. Explanation:



            ≔⁰η


            Initialise the instruction pointer.



            FX²Lθ«


            Loop as many times as there are theoretically possible states.



            §≔θ籧θη


            Negate the value at the instruction pointer.



            ≧⁻§θηη


            Subtract the new value from the instruction pointer. Charcoal's array accesses are cyclic so this automatically emulates Foo's circular tape.



            »¬§θη


            At the end of the loop, output whether the program halted.






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              Stax, 11 bytes



              Ç₧┬òE▐tµ|⌡1


              Run and debug it



              It takes input in the form of an integer array, with 0 representing halt.



              It outputs 1 for a halting and 0 for a non-halting machine.






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                Pyth, 12 bytes



                !hu.<+_hGtGh


                Test suite!



                Uses the straight-forward approach. Recurse until we see the list twice in an identical state. For programs that halt, the list will eventually have a leading 0 because that's where the recursion stops. For programs that don't halt, the list won't begin with the 0, but rather be in a state from
                which the process would be periodic and therefore the Foo machine wouldn't halt.






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                  C# (Visual C# Interactive Compiler), 72 bytes





                  x=>int i=0,k=0,f=x.Count;for(;i++<1<<f;k%=f)k-=(x[k]*=-1)%f-f;i/=x[k];


                  Try it online!



                  I don't know if the following is valid, since it requires a custom delegate with a signature of unsafe delegate System.Action<int> D(int* a);
                  and has to be wrapped in an unsafe block to be used, but here it is anyways:




                  C# (.NET Core), 65 bytes





                  x=>f=>int i=0,k=0;for(;i++<1<<f;k%=f)k-=(x[k]*=-1)%f-f;k/=x[k];


                  Try it online!



                  This function takes in an int* and returns a Action<int>; in other words, it is a curried function. The only reason I use pointers is because of codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/a/13262/84206, which allows me to save bytes by already having a variable already defined with the length of the array.



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                    Golfed your code by 2 bytes: tio.run/…
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                    @IQuick143 Nice catch, thanks
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                    I'm not sure if there are any edge cases for which it won't work, but without breaking any of the current test cases you could replace 1<<f with 2*f to save a byte.
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                    77 bytes with horrible LINQ magic and Arnauld's fix. I have no idea how does this solution work, so I may have broken it.
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                    63 bytes via a normal sane 1-byte golf and changing IO to error/no error. Link to link
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                  C# (Visual C# Interactive Compiler), 72 bytes





                  x=>int i=0,k=0,f=x.Count;for(;i++<1<<f;k%=f)k-=(x[k]*=-1)%f-f;i/=x[k];


                  Try it online!



                  I don't know if the following is valid, since it requires a custom delegate with a signature of unsafe delegate System.Action<int> D(int* a);
                  and has to be wrapped in an unsafe block to be used, but here it is anyways:




                  C# (.NET Core), 65 bytes





                  x=>f=>int i=0,k=0;for(;i++<1<<f;k%=f)k-=(x[k]*=-1)%f-f;k/=x[k];


                  Try it online!



                  This function takes in an int* and returns a Action<int>; in other words, it is a curried function. The only reason I use pointers is because of codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/a/13262/84206, which allows me to save bytes by already having a variable already defined with the length of the array.



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                    Golfed your code by 2 bytes: tio.run/…
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                    @IQuick143 Nice catch, thanks
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                    I'm not sure if there are any edge cases for which it won't work, but without breaking any of the current test cases you could replace 1<<f with 2*f to save a byte.
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                    – Kevin Cruijssen
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                    77 bytes with horrible LINQ magic and Arnauld's fix. I have no idea how does this solution work, so I may have broken it.
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                    Aug 9 at 12:08







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                  x=>int i=0,k=0,f=x.Count;for(;i++<1<<f;k%=f)k-=(x[k]*=-1)%f-f;i/=x[k];


                  Try it online!



                  I don't know if the following is valid, since it requires a custom delegate with a signature of unsafe delegate System.Action<int> D(int* a);
                  and has to be wrapped in an unsafe block to be used, but here it is anyways:




                  C# (.NET Core), 65 bytes





                  x=>f=>int i=0,k=0;for(;i++<1<<f;k%=f)k-=(x[k]*=-1)%f-f;k/=x[k];


                  Try it online!



                  This function takes in an int* and returns a Action<int>; in other words, it is a curried function. The only reason I use pointers is because of codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/a/13262/84206, which allows me to save bytes by already having a variable already defined with the length of the array.



                  Saved 9 bytes thanks to @someone






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                  C# (Visual C# Interactive Compiler), 72 bytes





                  x=>int i=0,k=0,f=x.Count;for(;i++<1<<f;k%=f)k-=(x[k]*=-1)%f-f;i/=x[k];


                  Try it online!



                  I don't know if the following is valid, since it requires a custom delegate with a signature of unsafe delegate System.Action<int> D(int* a);
                  and has to be wrapped in an unsafe block to be used, but here it is anyways:




                  C# (.NET Core), 65 bytes





                  x=>f=>int i=0,k=0;for(;i++<1<<f;k%=f)k-=(x[k]*=-1)%f-f;k/=x[k];


                  Try it online!



                  This function takes in an int* and returns a Action<int>; in other words, it is a curried function. The only reason I use pointers is because of codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/a/13262/84206, which allows me to save bytes by already having a variable already defined with the length of the array.



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                    I'm not sure if there are any edge cases for which it won't work, but without breaking any of the current test cases you could replace 1<<f with 2*f to save a byte.
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                    77 bytes with horrible LINQ magic and Arnauld's fix. I have no idea how does this solution work, so I may have broken it.
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                    I'm not sure if there are any edge cases for which it won't work, but without breaking any of the current test cases you could replace 1<<f with 2*f to save a byte.
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                    Aug 9 at 9:13






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                    77 bytes with horrible LINQ magic and Arnauld's fix. I have no idea how does this solution work, so I may have broken it.
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                  I'm not sure if there are any edge cases for which it won't work, but without breaking any of the current test cases you could replace 1<<f with 2*f to save a byte.
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                  Aug 9 at 9:13




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                  I'm not sure if there are any edge cases for which it won't work, but without breaking any of the current test cases you could replace 1<<f with 2*f to save a byte.
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                  Aug 9 at 9:13




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                  Python 3, 63 89 bytes





                  def f(x):
                  for i in range(2**len(x)):a=x[0];x[0]=-a;b=a%len(x);x=x[b:]+x[:b]
                  return a==0


                  Try it online!



                  Also works for Python 2; a byte can be saved in Python 2 by replacing return with print and having the function print to stdout instead of returning. R turns True for halting and False for non-halting.



                  Thanks to @Neil and @Arnauld for noting that I needed to check longer for halting. Thanks to @Jitse for pointing out a problem with [2,0]. Thanks to @mypetlion for noting that the absolute of the tape values could exceed the tape length.






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                    OK, I'll bite: how do you know x+x is enough?
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                  • 4




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                    @Neil It's actually not enough. A counter-example is [ 3, 2, 1, 1, 4, 0 ], which does halt in more than 12 iterations.
                    $endgroup$
                    – Arnauld
                    Aug 9 at 12:33






                  • 1




                    $begingroup$
                    @Jitse len(x)*x would not work. For instance, [8,7,6,5,7,4,0,3,6] halts in more than $9^2$ iterations.
                    $endgroup$
                    – Arnauld
                    Aug 9 at 14:59






                  • 2




                    $begingroup$
                    Isn't 2**len(x) still a bit short of the maximum? I calculate the number of states as n*(2**n) (with n=len(x)-1).
                    $endgroup$
                    – O.O.Balance
                    Aug 9 at 15:07






                  • 1




                    $begingroup$
                    @O.O.Balance I see what you mean, since each state can have a pointer in each cell... however, I feel likes there's some other limit applied by the fact that each cell can only possibllly transition to two other cells. As a side note: nothing in the challenge says there has to be a halting state in the input
                    $endgroup$
                    – Jo King
                    Aug 9 at 15:24















                  7











                  $begingroup$


                  Python 3, 63 89 bytes





                  def f(x):
                  for i in range(2**len(x)):a=x[0];x[0]=-a;b=a%len(x);x=x[b:]+x[:b]
                  return a==0


                  Try it online!



                  Also works for Python 2; a byte can be saved in Python 2 by replacing return with print and having the function print to stdout instead of returning. R turns True for halting and False for non-halting.



                  Thanks to @Neil and @Arnauld for noting that I needed to check longer for halting. Thanks to @Jitse for pointing out a problem with [2,0]. Thanks to @mypetlion for noting that the absolute of the tape values could exceed the tape length.






                  share|improve this answer











                  $endgroup$










                  • 5




                    $begingroup$
                    OK, I'll bite: how do you know x+x is enough?
                    $endgroup$
                    – Neil
                    Aug 9 at 11:12






                  • 4




                    $begingroup$
                    @Neil It's actually not enough. A counter-example is [ 3, 2, 1, 1, 4, 0 ], which does halt in more than 12 iterations.
                    $endgroup$
                    – Arnauld
                    Aug 9 at 12:33






                  • 1




                    $begingroup$
                    @Jitse len(x)*x would not work. For instance, [8,7,6,5,7,4,0,3,6] halts in more than $9^2$ iterations.
                    $endgroup$
                    – Arnauld
                    Aug 9 at 14:59






                  • 2




                    $begingroup$
                    Isn't 2**len(x) still a bit short of the maximum? I calculate the number of states as n*(2**n) (with n=len(x)-1).
                    $endgroup$
                    – O.O.Balance
                    Aug 9 at 15:07






                  • 1




                    $begingroup$
                    @O.O.Balance I see what you mean, since each state can have a pointer in each cell... however, I feel likes there's some other limit applied by the fact that each cell can only possibllly transition to two other cells. As a side note: nothing in the challenge says there has to be a halting state in the input
                    $endgroup$
                    – Jo King
                    Aug 9 at 15:24













                  7












                  7








                  7





                  $begingroup$


                  Python 3, 63 89 bytes





                  def f(x):
                  for i in range(2**len(x)):a=x[0];x[0]=-a;b=a%len(x);x=x[b:]+x[:b]
                  return a==0


                  Try it online!



                  Also works for Python 2; a byte can be saved in Python 2 by replacing return with print and having the function print to stdout instead of returning. R turns True for halting and False for non-halting.



                  Thanks to @Neil and @Arnauld for noting that I needed to check longer for halting. Thanks to @Jitse for pointing out a problem with [2,0]. Thanks to @mypetlion for noting that the absolute of the tape values could exceed the tape length.






                  share|improve this answer











                  $endgroup$




                  Python 3, 63 89 bytes





                  def f(x):
                  for i in range(2**len(x)):a=x[0];x[0]=-a;b=a%len(x);x=x[b:]+x[:b]
                  return a==0


                  Try it online!



                  Also works for Python 2; a byte can be saved in Python 2 by replacing return with print and having the function print to stdout instead of returning. R turns True for halting and False for non-halting.



                  Thanks to @Neil and @Arnauld for noting that I needed to check longer for halting. Thanks to @Jitse for pointing out a problem with [2,0]. Thanks to @mypetlion for noting that the absolute of the tape values could exceed the tape length.







                  share|improve this answer














                  share|improve this answer



                  share|improve this answer








                  edited Aug 14 at 22:58

























                  answered Aug 9 at 9:09









                  Nick KennedyNick Kennedy

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                  • 5




                    $begingroup$
                    OK, I'll bite: how do you know x+x is enough?
                    $endgroup$
                    – Neil
                    Aug 9 at 11:12






                  • 4




                    $begingroup$
                    @Neil It's actually not enough. A counter-example is [ 3, 2, 1, 1, 4, 0 ], which does halt in more than 12 iterations.
                    $endgroup$
                    – Arnauld
                    Aug 9 at 12:33






                  • 1




                    $begingroup$
                    @Jitse len(x)*x would not work. For instance, [8,7,6,5,7,4,0,3,6] halts in more than $9^2$ iterations.
                    $endgroup$
                    – Arnauld
                    Aug 9 at 14:59






                  • 2




                    $begingroup$
                    Isn't 2**len(x) still a bit short of the maximum? I calculate the number of states as n*(2**n) (with n=len(x)-1).
                    $endgroup$
                    – O.O.Balance
                    Aug 9 at 15:07






                  • 1




                    $begingroup$
                    @O.O.Balance I see what you mean, since each state can have a pointer in each cell... however, I feel likes there's some other limit applied by the fact that each cell can only possibllly transition to two other cells. As a side note: nothing in the challenge says there has to be a halting state in the input
                    $endgroup$
                    – Jo King
                    Aug 9 at 15:24












                  • 5




                    $begingroup$
                    OK, I'll bite: how do you know x+x is enough?
                    $endgroup$
                    – Neil
                    Aug 9 at 11:12






                  • 4




                    $begingroup$
                    @Neil It's actually not enough. A counter-example is [ 3, 2, 1, 1, 4, 0 ], which does halt in more than 12 iterations.
                    $endgroup$
                    – Arnauld
                    Aug 9 at 12:33






                  • 1




                    $begingroup$
                    @Jitse len(x)*x would not work. For instance, [8,7,6,5,7,4,0,3,6] halts in more than $9^2$ iterations.
                    $endgroup$
                    – Arnauld
                    Aug 9 at 14:59






                  • 2




                    $begingroup$
                    Isn't 2**len(x) still a bit short of the maximum? I calculate the number of states as n*(2**n) (with n=len(x)-1).
                    $endgroup$
                    – O.O.Balance
                    Aug 9 at 15:07






                  • 1




                    $begingroup$
                    @O.O.Balance I see what you mean, since each state can have a pointer in each cell... however, I feel likes there's some other limit applied by the fact that each cell can only possibllly transition to two other cells. As a side note: nothing in the challenge says there has to be a halting state in the input
                    $endgroup$
                    – Jo King
                    Aug 9 at 15:24







                  5




                  5




                  $begingroup$
                  OK, I'll bite: how do you know x+x is enough?
                  $endgroup$
                  – Neil
                  Aug 9 at 11:12




                  $begingroup$
                  OK, I'll bite: how do you know x+x is enough?
                  $endgroup$
                  – Neil
                  Aug 9 at 11:12




                  4




                  4




                  $begingroup$
                  @Neil It's actually not enough. A counter-example is [ 3, 2, 1, 1, 4, 0 ], which does halt in more than 12 iterations.
                  $endgroup$
                  – Arnauld
                  Aug 9 at 12:33




                  $begingroup$
                  @Neil It's actually not enough. A counter-example is [ 3, 2, 1, 1, 4, 0 ], which does halt in more than 12 iterations.
                  $endgroup$
                  – Arnauld
                  Aug 9 at 12:33




                  1




                  1




                  $begingroup$
                  @Jitse len(x)*x would not work. For instance, [8,7,6,5,7,4,0,3,6] halts in more than $9^2$ iterations.
                  $endgroup$
                  – Arnauld
                  Aug 9 at 14:59




                  $begingroup$
                  @Jitse len(x)*x would not work. For instance, [8,7,6,5,7,4,0,3,6] halts in more than $9^2$ iterations.
                  $endgroup$
                  – Arnauld
                  Aug 9 at 14:59




                  2




                  2




                  $begingroup$
                  Isn't 2**len(x) still a bit short of the maximum? I calculate the number of states as n*(2**n) (with n=len(x)-1).
                  $endgroup$
                  – O.O.Balance
                  Aug 9 at 15:07




                  $begingroup$
                  Isn't 2**len(x) still a bit short of the maximum? I calculate the number of states as n*(2**n) (with n=len(x)-1).
                  $endgroup$
                  – O.O.Balance
                  Aug 9 at 15:07




                  1




                  1




                  $begingroup$
                  @O.O.Balance I see what you mean, since each state can have a pointer in each cell... however, I feel likes there's some other limit applied by the fact that each cell can only possibllly transition to two other cells. As a side note: nothing in the challenge says there has to be a halting state in the input
                  $endgroup$
                  – Jo King
                  Aug 9 at 15:24




                  $begingroup$
                  @O.O.Balance I see what you mean, since each state can have a pointer in each cell... however, I feel likes there's some other limit applied by the fact that each cell can only possibllly transition to two other cells. As a side note: nothing in the challenge says there has to be a halting state in the input
                  $endgroup$
                  – Jo King
                  Aug 9 at 15:24











                  6











                  $begingroup$


                  Jelly, 15 11 bytes



                  N1¦ṙ⁸ḢƊÐLḢẸ


                  Try it online!



                  A monadic link that takes the input as a list of integers using 0 to mean halt. Returns 0 for halting inputs and 1 for those that don’t halt.



                  Avoids the issue of needing to work out number of iterations because of the use of ÐL which will loop until no new result seen.



                  Thanks to @JonathanAllan for saving a byte!



                  Explanation



                   ƊÐL | Loop the following as a monad until the result has been seen before:
                  N1¦ | - Negate the first element
                  ṙ⁸ | - Rotate left by each of the elements
                  Ḣ | - Take just the result of rotating by the first element
                  Ḣ | Finally take the first element
                  Ẹ | And check if non-zero





                  share|improve this answer











                  $endgroup$














                  • $begingroup$
                    Save a byte by rotating by all the entries and then just keeping the first result: N1¦ṙ⁸ḢƊÐLḢẸ
                    $endgroup$
                    – Jonathan Allan
                    Aug 9 at 16:58















                  6











                  $begingroup$


                  Jelly, 15 11 bytes



                  N1¦ṙ⁸ḢƊÐLḢẸ


                  Try it online!



                  A monadic link that takes the input as a list of integers using 0 to mean halt. Returns 0 for halting inputs and 1 for those that don’t halt.



                  Avoids the issue of needing to work out number of iterations because of the use of ÐL which will loop until no new result seen.



                  Thanks to @JonathanAllan for saving a byte!



                  Explanation



                   ƊÐL | Loop the following as a monad until the result has been seen before:
                  N1¦ | - Negate the first element
                  ṙ⁸ | - Rotate left by each of the elements
                  Ḣ | - Take just the result of rotating by the first element
                  Ḣ | Finally take the first element
                  Ẹ | And check if non-zero





                  share|improve this answer











                  $endgroup$














                  • $begingroup$
                    Save a byte by rotating by all the entries and then just keeping the first result: N1¦ṙ⁸ḢƊÐLḢẸ
                    $endgroup$
                    – Jonathan Allan
                    Aug 9 at 16:58













                  6












                  6








                  6





                  $begingroup$


                  Jelly, 15 11 bytes



                  N1¦ṙ⁸ḢƊÐLḢẸ


                  Try it online!



                  A monadic link that takes the input as a list of integers using 0 to mean halt. Returns 0 for halting inputs and 1 for those that don’t halt.



                  Avoids the issue of needing to work out number of iterations because of the use of ÐL which will loop until no new result seen.



                  Thanks to @JonathanAllan for saving a byte!



                  Explanation



                   ƊÐL | Loop the following as a monad until the result has been seen before:
                  N1¦ | - Negate the first element
                  ṙ⁸ | - Rotate left by each of the elements
                  Ḣ | - Take just the result of rotating by the first element
                  Ḣ | Finally take the first element
                  Ẹ | And check if non-zero





                  share|improve this answer











                  $endgroup$




                  Jelly, 15 11 bytes



                  N1¦ṙ⁸ḢƊÐLḢẸ


                  Try it online!



                  A monadic link that takes the input as a list of integers using 0 to mean halt. Returns 0 for halting inputs and 1 for those that don’t halt.



                  Avoids the issue of needing to work out number of iterations because of the use of ÐL which will loop until no new result seen.



                  Thanks to @JonathanAllan for saving a byte!



                  Explanation



                   ƊÐL | Loop the following as a monad until the result has been seen before:
                  N1¦ | - Negate the first element
                  ṙ⁸ | - Rotate left by each of the elements
                  Ḣ | - Take just the result of rotating by the first element
                  Ḣ | Finally take the first element
                  Ẹ | And check if non-zero






                  share|improve this answer














                  share|improve this answer



                  share|improve this answer








                  edited Aug 9 at 17:01

























                  answered Aug 9 at 7:59









                  Nick KennedyNick Kennedy

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                  • $begingroup$
                    Save a byte by rotating by all the entries and then just keeping the first result: N1¦ṙ⁸ḢƊÐLḢẸ
                    $endgroup$
                    – Jonathan Allan
                    Aug 9 at 16:58
















                  • $begingroup$
                    Save a byte by rotating by all the entries and then just keeping the first result: N1¦ṙ⁸ḢƊÐLḢẸ
                    $endgroup$
                    – Jonathan Allan
                    Aug 9 at 16:58















                  $begingroup$
                  Save a byte by rotating by all the entries and then just keeping the first result: N1¦ṙ⁸ḢƊÐLḢẸ
                  $endgroup$
                  – Jonathan Allan
                  Aug 9 at 16:58




                  $begingroup$
                  Save a byte by rotating by all the entries and then just keeping the first result: N1¦ṙ⁸ḢƊÐLḢẸ
                  $endgroup$
                  – Jonathan Allan
                  Aug 9 at 16:58











                  5











                  $begingroup$


                  Python 3, 91 bytes





                  def f(a):
                  s=0,;i=0
                  while(*a,)-s:s|=(*a,);a[i]*=-1;i-=a[i];i%=len(a)
                  return a[i]==0


                  Try it online!



                  -40 bytes thanks to JoKing and Jitse






                  share|improve this answer











                  $endgroup$














                  • $begingroup$
                    @JoKing 109 bytes by doing the variable assignments in the first line.
                    $endgroup$
                    – Jitse
                    Aug 9 at 7:10










                  • $begingroup$
                    92 bytes by changing tuple conversion to starred expansion, not starting with an empty set and rephrasing the while condition.
                    $endgroup$
                    – Jitse
                    Aug 9 at 7:51










                  • $begingroup$
                    @Jitse Mutable arguments stay mutated
                    $endgroup$
                    – Jo King
                    Aug 9 at 7:55










                  • $begingroup$
                    @JoKing Damn, I never learn :p. 93 bytes then.
                    $endgroup$
                    – Jitse
                    Aug 9 at 7:59











                  • $begingroup$
                    91 bytes
                    $endgroup$
                    – Jitse
                    Aug 9 at 15:07















                  5











                  $begingroup$


                  Python 3, 91 bytes





                  def f(a):
                  s=0,;i=0
                  while(*a,)-s:s|=(*a,);a[i]*=-1;i-=a[i];i%=len(a)
                  return a[i]==0


                  Try it online!



                  -40 bytes thanks to JoKing and Jitse






                  share|improve this answer











                  $endgroup$














                  • $begingroup$
                    @JoKing 109 bytes by doing the variable assignments in the first line.
                    $endgroup$
                    – Jitse
                    Aug 9 at 7:10










                  • $begingroup$
                    92 bytes by changing tuple conversion to starred expansion, not starting with an empty set and rephrasing the while condition.
                    $endgroup$
                    – Jitse
                    Aug 9 at 7:51










                  • $begingroup$
                    @Jitse Mutable arguments stay mutated
                    $endgroup$
                    – Jo King
                    Aug 9 at 7:55










                  • $begingroup$
                    @JoKing Damn, I never learn :p. 93 bytes then.
                    $endgroup$
                    – Jitse
                    Aug 9 at 7:59











                  • $begingroup$
                    91 bytes
                    $endgroup$
                    – Jitse
                    Aug 9 at 15:07













                  5












                  5








                  5





                  $begingroup$


                  Python 3, 91 bytes





                  def f(a):
                  s=0,;i=0
                  while(*a,)-s:s|=(*a,);a[i]*=-1;i-=a[i];i%=len(a)
                  return a[i]==0


                  Try it online!



                  -40 bytes thanks to JoKing and Jitse






                  share|improve this answer











                  $endgroup$




                  Python 3, 91 bytes





                  def f(a):
                  s=0,;i=0
                  while(*a,)-s:s|=(*a,);a[i]*=-1;i-=a[i];i%=len(a)
                  return a[i]==0


                  Try it online!



                  -40 bytes thanks to JoKing and Jitse







                  share|improve this answer














                  share|improve this answer



                  share|improve this answer








                  edited Aug 9 at 18:26

























                  answered Aug 9 at 5:45









                  HyperNeutrinoHyperNeutrino

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                  • $begingroup$
                    @JoKing 109 bytes by doing the variable assignments in the first line.
                    $endgroup$
                    – Jitse
                    Aug 9 at 7:10










                  • $begingroup$
                    92 bytes by changing tuple conversion to starred expansion, not starting with an empty set and rephrasing the while condition.
                    $endgroup$
                    – Jitse
                    Aug 9 at 7:51










                  • $begingroup$
                    @Jitse Mutable arguments stay mutated
                    $endgroup$
                    – Jo King
                    Aug 9 at 7:55










                  • $begingroup$
                    @JoKing Damn, I never learn :p. 93 bytes then.
                    $endgroup$
                    – Jitse
                    Aug 9 at 7:59











                  • $begingroup$
                    91 bytes
                    $endgroup$
                    – Jitse
                    Aug 9 at 15:07
















                  • $begingroup$
                    @JoKing 109 bytes by doing the variable assignments in the first line.
                    $endgroup$
                    – Jitse
                    Aug 9 at 7:10










                  • $begingroup$
                    92 bytes by changing tuple conversion to starred expansion, not starting with an empty set and rephrasing the while condition.
                    $endgroup$
                    – Jitse
                    Aug 9 at 7:51










                  • $begingroup$
                    @Jitse Mutable arguments stay mutated
                    $endgroup$
                    – Jo King
                    Aug 9 at 7:55










                  • $begingroup$
                    @JoKing Damn, I never learn :p. 93 bytes then.
                    $endgroup$
                    – Jitse
                    Aug 9 at 7:59











                  • $begingroup$
                    91 bytes
                    $endgroup$
                    – Jitse
                    Aug 9 at 15:07















                  $begingroup$
                  @JoKing 109 bytes by doing the variable assignments in the first line.
                  $endgroup$
                  – Jitse
                  Aug 9 at 7:10




                  $begingroup$
                  @JoKing 109 bytes by doing the variable assignments in the first line.
                  $endgroup$
                  – Jitse
                  Aug 9 at 7:10












                  $begingroup$
                  92 bytes by changing tuple conversion to starred expansion, not starting with an empty set and rephrasing the while condition.
                  $endgroup$
                  – Jitse
                  Aug 9 at 7:51




                  $begingroup$
                  92 bytes by changing tuple conversion to starred expansion, not starting with an empty set and rephrasing the while condition.
                  $endgroup$
                  – Jitse
                  Aug 9 at 7:51












                  $begingroup$
                  @Jitse Mutable arguments stay mutated
                  $endgroup$
                  – Jo King
                  Aug 9 at 7:55




                  $begingroup$
                  @Jitse Mutable arguments stay mutated
                  $endgroup$
                  – Jo King
                  Aug 9 at 7:55












                  $begingroup$
                  @JoKing Damn, I never learn :p. 93 bytes then.
                  $endgroup$
                  – Jitse
                  Aug 9 at 7:59





                  $begingroup$
                  @JoKing Damn, I never learn :p. 93 bytes then.
                  $endgroup$
                  – Jitse
                  Aug 9 at 7:59













                  $begingroup$
                  91 bytes
                  $endgroup$
                  – Jitse
                  Aug 9 at 15:07




                  $begingroup$
                  91 bytes
                  $endgroup$
                  – Jitse
                  Aug 9 at 15:07











                  5











                  $begingroup$


                  Perl 6, 46 43 36 bytes





                  $_.=rotate(.[0]*=-1)xx 2**$_;!.[0]


                  Try it online!



                  Represents halt by 0 and returns true if the machine halts. This repeats the logic 2**(length n) times, where if the pointer ends up on the halt cell, it stays there, otherwise it will be on a non-halt cell. This works because there are only 2**n possible states (ignoring halt cells) for the Foo machine to be in, since each non-halt cell has only two states. Okay yes, there are states than that, but due to the limited possible transitions between pointers (and therefore states) there will be less than 2**$_ states... I think



                  Explanation



                   # Anonymous codeblock
                  xx 2**$_ # Repeat 2**len(n) times
                  .[0]*=-1 # Negate the first element
                  $_.=rotate( ) # Rotate the list by that value
                  ;!.[0] # Return if the first element is 0





                  share|improve this answer











                  $endgroup$










                  • 2




                    $begingroup$
                    The state of the Foo machine also includes the location of the pointer, not just the signs of each cell.
                    $endgroup$
                    – Magma
                    Aug 9 at 15:29







                  • 1




                    $begingroup$
                    Sketch of a proof for a Foo machine with tape a_1 ... a_n 0 . Consider an n-cube of the signs of each cell with directed edges (= an iteration of Foo) between vertices (= states), visiting the same vertex via any loop of edges will result in the IP being in the same position it started with. Proof: In a loop, the IP travels in each dimension an even number of times, ie the IP changes by k×(a_j + (-a_j)) % n ≡ 0 for each dimension, hence it always returns to the same position, only ever seeing 1 state out of n states for each vertex, ie a total max of 2^n states (= number of vertices of cube).
                    $endgroup$
                    – Cows quack
                    Aug 9 at 17:54











                  • $begingroup$
                    Just an empirical result, but brute-forcing the longest cycle among halting machines on a tape of length $n$ suggests that a tighter upper bound is $lfloor2^n.log(n)/nrceil$.
                    $endgroup$
                    – Arnauld
                    Aug 10 at 12:34















                  5











                  $begingroup$


                  Perl 6, 46 43 36 bytes





                  $_.=rotate(.[0]*=-1)xx 2**$_;!.[0]


                  Try it online!



                  Represents halt by 0 and returns true if the machine halts. This repeats the logic 2**(length n) times, where if the pointer ends up on the halt cell, it stays there, otherwise it will be on a non-halt cell. This works because there are only 2**n possible states (ignoring halt cells) for the Foo machine to be in, since each non-halt cell has only two states. Okay yes, there are states than that, but due to the limited possible transitions between pointers (and therefore states) there will be less than 2**$_ states... I think



                  Explanation



                   # Anonymous codeblock
                  xx 2**$_ # Repeat 2**len(n) times
                  .[0]*=-1 # Negate the first element
                  $_.=rotate( ) # Rotate the list by that value
                  ;!.[0] # Return if the first element is 0





                  share|improve this answer











                  $endgroup$










                  • 2




                    $begingroup$
                    The state of the Foo machine also includes the location of the pointer, not just the signs of each cell.
                    $endgroup$
                    – Magma
                    Aug 9 at 15:29







                  • 1




                    $begingroup$
                    Sketch of a proof for a Foo machine with tape a_1 ... a_n 0 . Consider an n-cube of the signs of each cell with directed edges (= an iteration of Foo) between vertices (= states), visiting the same vertex via any loop of edges will result in the IP being in the same position it started with. Proof: In a loop, the IP travels in each dimension an even number of times, ie the IP changes by k×(a_j + (-a_j)) % n ≡ 0 for each dimension, hence it always returns to the same position, only ever seeing 1 state out of n states for each vertex, ie a total max of 2^n states (= number of vertices of cube).
                    $endgroup$
                    – Cows quack
                    Aug 9 at 17:54











                  • $begingroup$
                    Just an empirical result, but brute-forcing the longest cycle among halting machines on a tape of length $n$ suggests that a tighter upper bound is $lfloor2^n.log(n)/nrceil$.
                    $endgroup$
                    – Arnauld
                    Aug 10 at 12:34













                  5












                  5








                  5





                  $begingroup$


                  Perl 6, 46 43 36 bytes





                  $_.=rotate(.[0]*=-1)xx 2**$_;!.[0]


                  Try it online!



                  Represents halt by 0 and returns true if the machine halts. This repeats the logic 2**(length n) times, where if the pointer ends up on the halt cell, it stays there, otherwise it will be on a non-halt cell. This works because there are only 2**n possible states (ignoring halt cells) for the Foo machine to be in, since each non-halt cell has only two states. Okay yes, there are states than that, but due to the limited possible transitions between pointers (and therefore states) there will be less than 2**$_ states... I think



                  Explanation



                   # Anonymous codeblock
                  xx 2**$_ # Repeat 2**len(n) times
                  .[0]*=-1 # Negate the first element
                  $_.=rotate( ) # Rotate the list by that value
                  ;!.[0] # Return if the first element is 0





                  share|improve this answer











                  $endgroup$




                  Perl 6, 46 43 36 bytes





                  $_.=rotate(.[0]*=-1)xx 2**$_;!.[0]


                  Try it online!



                  Represents halt by 0 and returns true if the machine halts. This repeats the logic 2**(length n) times, where if the pointer ends up on the halt cell, it stays there, otherwise it will be on a non-halt cell. This works because there are only 2**n possible states (ignoring halt cells) for the Foo machine to be in, since each non-halt cell has only two states. Okay yes, there are states than that, but due to the limited possible transitions between pointers (and therefore states) there will be less than 2**$_ states... I think



                  Explanation



                   # Anonymous codeblock
                  xx 2**$_ # Repeat 2**len(n) times
                  .[0]*=-1 # Negate the first element
                  $_.=rotate( ) # Rotate the list by that value
                  ;!.[0] # Return if the first element is 0






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                  edited Aug 10 at 10:05

























                  answered Aug 9 at 5:48









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                  • 2




                    $begingroup$
                    The state of the Foo machine also includes the location of the pointer, not just the signs of each cell.
                    $endgroup$
                    – Magma
                    Aug 9 at 15:29







                  • 1




                    $begingroup$
                    Sketch of a proof for a Foo machine with tape a_1 ... a_n 0 . Consider an n-cube of the signs of each cell with directed edges (= an iteration of Foo) between vertices (= states), visiting the same vertex via any loop of edges will result in the IP being in the same position it started with. Proof: In a loop, the IP travels in each dimension an even number of times, ie the IP changes by k×(a_j + (-a_j)) % n ≡ 0 for each dimension, hence it always returns to the same position, only ever seeing 1 state out of n states for each vertex, ie a total max of 2^n states (= number of vertices of cube).
                    $endgroup$
                    – Cows quack
                    Aug 9 at 17:54











                  • $begingroup$
                    Just an empirical result, but brute-forcing the longest cycle among halting machines on a tape of length $n$ suggests that a tighter upper bound is $lfloor2^n.log(n)/nrceil$.
                    $endgroup$
                    – Arnauld
                    Aug 10 at 12:34












                  • 2




                    $begingroup$
                    The state of the Foo machine also includes the location of the pointer, not just the signs of each cell.
                    $endgroup$
                    – Magma
                    Aug 9 at 15:29







                  • 1




                    $begingroup$
                    Sketch of a proof for a Foo machine with tape a_1 ... a_n 0 . Consider an n-cube of the signs of each cell with directed edges (= an iteration of Foo) between vertices (= states), visiting the same vertex via any loop of edges will result in the IP being in the same position it started with. Proof: In a loop, the IP travels in each dimension an even number of times, ie the IP changes by k×(a_j + (-a_j)) % n ≡ 0 for each dimension, hence it always returns to the same position, only ever seeing 1 state out of n states for each vertex, ie a total max of 2^n states (= number of vertices of cube).
                    $endgroup$
                    – Cows quack
                    Aug 9 at 17:54











                  • $begingroup$
                    Just an empirical result, but brute-forcing the longest cycle among halting machines on a tape of length $n$ suggests that a tighter upper bound is $lfloor2^n.log(n)/nrceil$.
                    $endgroup$
                    – Arnauld
                    Aug 10 at 12:34







                  2




                  2




                  $begingroup$
                  The state of the Foo machine also includes the location of the pointer, not just the signs of each cell.
                  $endgroup$
                  – Magma
                  Aug 9 at 15:29





                  $begingroup$
                  The state of the Foo machine also includes the location of the pointer, not just the signs of each cell.
                  $endgroup$
                  – Magma
                  Aug 9 at 15:29





                  1




                  1




                  $begingroup$
                  Sketch of a proof for a Foo machine with tape a_1 ... a_n 0 . Consider an n-cube of the signs of each cell with directed edges (= an iteration of Foo) between vertices (= states), visiting the same vertex via any loop of edges will result in the IP being in the same position it started with. Proof: In a loop, the IP travels in each dimension an even number of times, ie the IP changes by k×(a_j + (-a_j)) % n ≡ 0 for each dimension, hence it always returns to the same position, only ever seeing 1 state out of n states for each vertex, ie a total max of 2^n states (= number of vertices of cube).
                  $endgroup$
                  – Cows quack
                  Aug 9 at 17:54





                  $begingroup$
                  Sketch of a proof for a Foo machine with tape a_1 ... a_n 0 . Consider an n-cube of the signs of each cell with directed edges (= an iteration of Foo) between vertices (= states), visiting the same vertex via any loop of edges will result in the IP being in the same position it started with. Proof: In a loop, the IP travels in each dimension an even number of times, ie the IP changes by k×(a_j + (-a_j)) % n ≡ 0 for each dimension, hence it always returns to the same position, only ever seeing 1 state out of n states for each vertex, ie a total max of 2^n states (= number of vertices of cube).
                  $endgroup$
                  – Cows quack
                  Aug 9 at 17:54













                  $begingroup$
                  Just an empirical result, but brute-forcing the longest cycle among halting machines on a tape of length $n$ suggests that a tighter upper bound is $lfloor2^n.log(n)/nrceil$.
                  $endgroup$
                  – Arnauld
                  Aug 10 at 12:34




                  $begingroup$
                  Just an empirical result, but brute-forcing the longest cycle among halting machines on a tape of length $n$ suggests that a tighter upper bound is $lfloor2^n.log(n)/nrceil$.
                  $endgroup$
                  – Arnauld
                  Aug 10 at 12:34











                  3











                  $begingroup$


                  05AB1E, 14 13 bytes



                  goFć©(š®._}®_


                  Try it online!



                  Takes the input as a list of integers with 0 as the halting instruction. Returns 1 for halting and 0 for not halting.



                  Thanks to @KevinCruijssen for saving 2 bytes!






                  share|improve this answer











                  $endgroup$














                  • $begingroup$
                    Oh nice, so that's what your Jelly answer does! Great use of the rotate and ć! I was waiting for an explanation in the hope to golf my answer, but you beat me to it, haha. ;p -1 byte by doing the same golf as my answer though: g·F to «v (Try it online.)
                    $endgroup$
                    – Kevin Cruijssen
                    Aug 9 at 9:39











                  • $begingroup$
                    And one additional -1 by using ©® instead of the DŠs: «vć©(š®._}®_ (Try it online.)
                    $endgroup$
                    – Kevin Cruijssen
                    Aug 9 at 9:43











                  • $begingroup$
                    As Arnauld noted on your Python answer, looping two times the length isn't enough. So you can change the «v to goF.
                    $endgroup$
                    – Kevin Cruijssen
                    Aug 9 at 14:04










                  • $begingroup$
                    @KevinCruijssen thanks
                    $endgroup$
                    – Nick Kennedy
                    Aug 9 at 15:44















                  3











                  $begingroup$


                  05AB1E, 14 13 bytes



                  goFć©(š®._}®_


                  Try it online!



                  Takes the input as a list of integers with 0 as the halting instruction. Returns 1 for halting and 0 for not halting.



                  Thanks to @KevinCruijssen for saving 2 bytes!






                  share|improve this answer











                  $endgroup$














                  • $begingroup$
                    Oh nice, so that's what your Jelly answer does! Great use of the rotate and ć! I was waiting for an explanation in the hope to golf my answer, but you beat me to it, haha. ;p -1 byte by doing the same golf as my answer though: g·F to «v (Try it online.)
                    $endgroup$
                    – Kevin Cruijssen
                    Aug 9 at 9:39











                  • $begingroup$
                    And one additional -1 by using ©® instead of the DŠs: «vć©(š®._}®_ (Try it online.)
                    $endgroup$
                    – Kevin Cruijssen
                    Aug 9 at 9:43











                  • $begingroup$
                    As Arnauld noted on your Python answer, looping two times the length isn't enough. So you can change the «v to goF.
                    $endgroup$
                    – Kevin Cruijssen
                    Aug 9 at 14:04










                  • $begingroup$
                    @KevinCruijssen thanks
                    $endgroup$
                    – Nick Kennedy
                    Aug 9 at 15:44













                  3












                  3








                  3





                  $begingroup$


                  05AB1E, 14 13 bytes



                  goFć©(š®._}®_


                  Try it online!



                  Takes the input as a list of integers with 0 as the halting instruction. Returns 1 for halting and 0 for not halting.



                  Thanks to @KevinCruijssen for saving 2 bytes!






                  share|improve this answer











                  $endgroup$




                  05AB1E, 14 13 bytes



                  goFć©(š®._}®_


                  Try it online!



                  Takes the input as a list of integers with 0 as the halting instruction. Returns 1 for halting and 0 for not halting.



                  Thanks to @KevinCruijssen for saving 2 bytes!







                  share|improve this answer














                  share|improve this answer



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                  edited Aug 9 at 15:44

























                  answered Aug 9 at 9:37









                  Nick KennedyNick Kennedy

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                  • $begingroup$
                    Oh nice, so that's what your Jelly answer does! Great use of the rotate and ć! I was waiting for an explanation in the hope to golf my answer, but you beat me to it, haha. ;p -1 byte by doing the same golf as my answer though: g·F to «v (Try it online.)
                    $endgroup$
                    – Kevin Cruijssen
                    Aug 9 at 9:39











                  • $begingroup$
                    And one additional -1 by using ©® instead of the DŠs: «vć©(š®._}®_ (Try it online.)
                    $endgroup$
                    – Kevin Cruijssen
                    Aug 9 at 9:43











                  • $begingroup$
                    As Arnauld noted on your Python answer, looping two times the length isn't enough. So you can change the «v to goF.
                    $endgroup$
                    – Kevin Cruijssen
                    Aug 9 at 14:04










                  • $begingroup$
                    @KevinCruijssen thanks
                    $endgroup$
                    – Nick Kennedy
                    Aug 9 at 15:44
















                  • $begingroup$
                    Oh nice, so that's what your Jelly answer does! Great use of the rotate and ć! I was waiting for an explanation in the hope to golf my answer, but you beat me to it, haha. ;p -1 byte by doing the same golf as my answer though: g·F to «v (Try it online.)
                    $endgroup$
                    – Kevin Cruijssen
                    Aug 9 at 9:39











                  • $begingroup$
                    And one additional -1 by using ©® instead of the DŠs: «vć©(š®._}®_ (Try it online.)
                    $endgroup$
                    – Kevin Cruijssen
                    Aug 9 at 9:43











                  • $begingroup$
                    As Arnauld noted on your Python answer, looping two times the length isn't enough. So you can change the «v to goF.
                    $endgroup$
                    – Kevin Cruijssen
                    Aug 9 at 14:04










                  • $begingroup$
                    @KevinCruijssen thanks
                    $endgroup$
                    – Nick Kennedy
                    Aug 9 at 15:44















                  $begingroup$
                  Oh nice, so that's what your Jelly answer does! Great use of the rotate and ć! I was waiting for an explanation in the hope to golf my answer, but you beat me to it, haha. ;p -1 byte by doing the same golf as my answer though: g·F to «v (Try it online.)
                  $endgroup$
                  – Kevin Cruijssen
                  Aug 9 at 9:39





                  $begingroup$
                  Oh nice, so that's what your Jelly answer does! Great use of the rotate and ć! I was waiting for an explanation in the hope to golf my answer, but you beat me to it, haha. ;p -1 byte by doing the same golf as my answer though: g·F to «v (Try it online.)
                  $endgroup$
                  – Kevin Cruijssen
                  Aug 9 at 9:39













                  $begingroup$
                  And one additional -1 by using ©® instead of the DŠs: «vć©(š®._}®_ (Try it online.)
                  $endgroup$
                  – Kevin Cruijssen
                  Aug 9 at 9:43





                  $begingroup$
                  And one additional -1 by using ©® instead of the DŠs: «vć©(š®._}®_ (Try it online.)
                  $endgroup$
                  – Kevin Cruijssen
                  Aug 9 at 9:43













                  $begingroup$
                  As Arnauld noted on your Python answer, looping two times the length isn't enough. So you can change the «v to goF.
                  $endgroup$
                  – Kevin Cruijssen
                  Aug 9 at 14:04




                  $begingroup$
                  As Arnauld noted on your Python answer, looping two times the length isn't enough. So you can change the «v to goF.
                  $endgroup$
                  – Kevin Cruijssen
                  Aug 9 at 14:04












                  $begingroup$
                  @KevinCruijssen thanks
                  $endgroup$
                  – Nick Kennedy
                  Aug 9 at 15:44




                  $begingroup$
                  @KevinCruijssen thanks
                  $endgroup$
                  – Nick Kennedy
                  Aug 9 at 15:44











                  3











                  $begingroup$

                  Java 8, 78 79 73 bytes





                  a->int k=0,l=a.length,i=0;for(;i++<1<<l;k%=l)k-=(a[k]*=-1)%l-l;k/=a[k];


                  Straight-forward port of @EmbodimentOfIgnorance's C# .NET answer, so make sure to upvote him!

                  Thanks to @Arnauld for finding two bugs (which also applies to some other answers).



                  Results in an java.lang.ArithmeticException: / by zero error when it's able to halt, or no error if not.



                  Try it online.



                  Explanation:



                  a-> // Method with integer-array as parameter and no return-type
                  int k=0, // Index integer, starting at 0
                  l=a.length, // The length `l` of the input-array
                  i=0;for(;i++<1<<l; // Loop 2^length amount of times:
                  k%=l) // After every iteration: take mod `l` of `k`
                  k-= // Decrease `k` by:
                  (a[k]*=-1) // Negate the value at index `k` first
                  %l // Then take modulo `l` of this
                  -l; // And then subtract `l` from it
                  // (NOTE: the modulo `l` and minus `l` are used for wrapping
                  // and/or converting negative indices to positive ones
                  k/=a[k]; // After the loop: divide `k` by the `k`'th value,
                  // which will result in an division by 0 error if are halting





                  share|improve this answer











                  $endgroup$










                  • 1




                    $begingroup$
                    Just wondering, are you allowed to take the length as an additional argument? The default for IO post on meta doesn't say so, and the only reason my second answer takes a length is because it takes in a int*(from codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/a/13262/84206)
                    $endgroup$
                    – Embodiment of Ignorance
                    Aug 10 at 0:26










                  • $begingroup$
                    @EmbodimentofIgnorance Ah, when I saw your answer I assumed there was some kind of of meta rule that allowed the length to be taken as additional input, but that only applies to pointers. Thanks for letting me know. I've removed the length parameter (but still use the error/no-error to determine the result).
                    $endgroup$
                    – Kevin Cruijssen
                    Aug 10 at 8:25















                  3











                  $begingroup$

                  Java 8, 78 79 73 bytes





                  a->int k=0,l=a.length,i=0;for(;i++<1<<l;k%=l)k-=(a[k]*=-1)%l-l;k/=a[k];


                  Straight-forward port of @EmbodimentOfIgnorance's C# .NET answer, so make sure to upvote him!

                  Thanks to @Arnauld for finding two bugs (which also applies to some other answers).



                  Results in an java.lang.ArithmeticException: / by zero error when it's able to halt, or no error if not.



                  Try it online.



                  Explanation:



                  a-> // Method with integer-array as parameter and no return-type
                  int k=0, // Index integer, starting at 0
                  l=a.length, // The length `l` of the input-array
                  i=0;for(;i++<1<<l; // Loop 2^length amount of times:
                  k%=l) // After every iteration: take mod `l` of `k`
                  k-= // Decrease `k` by:
                  (a[k]*=-1) // Negate the value at index `k` first
                  %l // Then take modulo `l` of this
                  -l; // And then subtract `l` from it
                  // (NOTE: the modulo `l` and minus `l` are used for wrapping
                  // and/or converting negative indices to positive ones
                  k/=a[k]; // After the loop: divide `k` by the `k`'th value,
                  // which will result in an division by 0 error if are halting





                  share|improve this answer











                  $endgroup$










                  • 1




                    $begingroup$
                    Just wondering, are you allowed to take the length as an additional argument? The default for IO post on meta doesn't say so, and the only reason my second answer takes a length is because it takes in a int*(from codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/a/13262/84206)
                    $endgroup$
                    – Embodiment of Ignorance
                    Aug 10 at 0:26










                  • $begingroup$
                    @EmbodimentofIgnorance Ah, when I saw your answer I assumed there was some kind of of meta rule that allowed the length to be taken as additional input, but that only applies to pointers. Thanks for letting me know. I've removed the length parameter (but still use the error/no-error to determine the result).
                    $endgroup$
                    – Kevin Cruijssen
                    Aug 10 at 8:25













                  3












                  3








                  3





                  $begingroup$

                  Java 8, 78 79 73 bytes





                  a->int k=0,l=a.length,i=0;for(;i++<1<<l;k%=l)k-=(a[k]*=-1)%l-l;k/=a[k];


                  Straight-forward port of @EmbodimentOfIgnorance's C# .NET answer, so make sure to upvote him!

                  Thanks to @Arnauld for finding two bugs (which also applies to some other answers).



                  Results in an java.lang.ArithmeticException: / by zero error when it's able to halt, or no error if not.



                  Try it online.



                  Explanation:



                  a-> // Method with integer-array as parameter and no return-type
                  int k=0, // Index integer, starting at 0
                  l=a.length, // The length `l` of the input-array
                  i=0;for(;i++<1<<l; // Loop 2^length amount of times:
                  k%=l) // After every iteration: take mod `l` of `k`
                  k-= // Decrease `k` by:
                  (a[k]*=-1) // Negate the value at index `k` first
                  %l // Then take modulo `l` of this
                  -l; // And then subtract `l` from it
                  // (NOTE: the modulo `l` and minus `l` are used for wrapping
                  // and/or converting negative indices to positive ones
                  k/=a[k]; // After the loop: divide `k` by the `k`'th value,
                  // which will result in an division by 0 error if are halting





                  share|improve this answer











                  $endgroup$



                  Java 8, 78 79 73 bytes





                  a->int k=0,l=a.length,i=0;for(;i++<1<<l;k%=l)k-=(a[k]*=-1)%l-l;k/=a[k];


                  Straight-forward port of @EmbodimentOfIgnorance's C# .NET answer, so make sure to upvote him!

                  Thanks to @Arnauld for finding two bugs (which also applies to some other answers).



                  Results in an java.lang.ArithmeticException: / by zero error when it's able to halt, or no error if not.



                  Try it online.



                  Explanation:



                  a-> // Method with integer-array as parameter and no return-type
                  int k=0, // Index integer, starting at 0
                  l=a.length, // The length `l` of the input-array
                  i=0;for(;i++<1<<l; // Loop 2^length amount of times:
                  k%=l) // After every iteration: take mod `l` of `k`
                  k-= // Decrease `k` by:
                  (a[k]*=-1) // Negate the value at index `k` first
                  %l // Then take modulo `l` of this
                  -l; // And then subtract `l` from it
                  // (NOTE: the modulo `l` and minus `l` are used for wrapping
                  // and/or converting negative indices to positive ones
                  k/=a[k]; // After the loop: divide `k` by the `k`'th value,
                  // which will result in an division by 0 error if are halting






                  share|improve this answer














                  share|improve this answer



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                  edited Aug 10 at 8:24

























                  answered Aug 9 at 9:33









                  Kevin CruijssenKevin Cruijssen

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                  • 1




                    $begingroup$
                    Just wondering, are you allowed to take the length as an additional argument? The default for IO post on meta doesn't say so, and the only reason my second answer takes a length is because it takes in a int*(from codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/a/13262/84206)
                    $endgroup$
                    – Embodiment of Ignorance
                    Aug 10 at 0:26










                  • $begingroup$
                    @EmbodimentofIgnorance Ah, when I saw your answer I assumed there was some kind of of meta rule that allowed the length to be taken as additional input, but that only applies to pointers. Thanks for letting me know. I've removed the length parameter (but still use the error/no-error to determine the result).
                    $endgroup$
                    – Kevin Cruijssen
                    Aug 10 at 8:25












                  • 1




                    $begingroup$
                    Just wondering, are you allowed to take the length as an additional argument? The default for IO post on meta doesn't say so, and the only reason my second answer takes a length is because it takes in a int*(from codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/a/13262/84206)
                    $endgroup$
                    – Embodiment of Ignorance
                    Aug 10 at 0:26










                  • $begingroup$
                    @EmbodimentofIgnorance Ah, when I saw your answer I assumed there was some kind of of meta rule that allowed the length to be taken as additional input, but that only applies to pointers. Thanks for letting me know. I've removed the length parameter (but still use the error/no-error to determine the result).
                    $endgroup$
                    – Kevin Cruijssen
                    Aug 10 at 8:25







                  1




                  1




                  $begingroup$
                  Just wondering, are you allowed to take the length as an additional argument? The default for IO post on meta doesn't say so, and the only reason my second answer takes a length is because it takes in a int*(from codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/a/13262/84206)
                  $endgroup$
                  – Embodiment of Ignorance
                  Aug 10 at 0:26




                  $begingroup$
                  Just wondering, are you allowed to take the length as an additional argument? The default for IO post on meta doesn't say so, and the only reason my second answer takes a length is because it takes in a int*(from codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/a/13262/84206)
                  $endgroup$
                  – Embodiment of Ignorance
                  Aug 10 at 0:26












                  $begingroup$
                  @EmbodimentofIgnorance Ah, when I saw your answer I assumed there was some kind of of meta rule that allowed the length to be taken as additional input, but that only applies to pointers. Thanks for letting me know. I've removed the length parameter (but still use the error/no-error to determine the result).
                  $endgroup$
                  – Kevin Cruijssen
                  Aug 10 at 8:25




                  $begingroup$
                  @EmbodimentofIgnorance Ah, when I saw your answer I assumed there was some kind of of meta rule that allowed the length to be taken as additional input, but that only applies to pointers. Thanks for letting me know. I've removed the length parameter (but still use the error/no-error to determine the result).
                  $endgroup$
                  – Kevin Cruijssen
                  Aug 10 at 8:25











                  3











                  $begingroup$


                  Haskell, 79 bytes



                  s x|m<-length x,let g(n:p)=(drop<>take)(mod n m)(-n:p)=iterate g x!!(2^m)!!0==0


                  Try it online!



                  Returns True for halting machines, and False otherwise. Input in the form of a list, with 0 representing a halting state.



                  Assumes a version of GHC greater than 8.4 (released Feb 2018).






                  share|improve this answer









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                    3











                    $begingroup$


                    Haskell, 79 bytes



                    s x|m<-length x,let g(n:p)=(drop<>take)(mod n m)(-n:p)=iterate g x!!(2^m)!!0==0


                    Try it online!



                    Returns True for halting machines, and False otherwise. Input in the form of a list, with 0 representing a halting state.



                    Assumes a version of GHC greater than 8.4 (released Feb 2018).






                    share|improve this answer









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                      3








                      3





                      $begingroup$


                      Haskell, 79 bytes



                      s x|m<-length x,let g(n:p)=(drop<>take)(mod n m)(-n:p)=iterate g x!!(2^m)!!0==0


                      Try it online!



                      Returns True for halting machines, and False otherwise. Input in the form of a list, with 0 representing a halting state.



                      Assumes a version of GHC greater than 8.4 (released Feb 2018).






                      share|improve this answer









                      $endgroup$




                      Haskell, 79 bytes



                      s x|m<-length x,let g(n:p)=(drop<>take)(mod n m)(-n:p)=iterate g x!!(2^m)!!0==0


                      Try it online!



                      Returns True for halting machines, and False otherwise. Input in the form of a list, with 0 representing a halting state.



                      Assumes a version of GHC greater than 8.4 (released Feb 2018).







                      share|improve this answer












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                      answered Aug 10 at 19:43









                      B. MehtaB. Mehta

                      7532 silver badges9 bronze badges




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                          2











                          $begingroup$


                          JavaScript (Node.js), 71 67 bytes





                          x=>for(p=l=x.length,i=2**l;i--;)p+=l-(x[p%l]*=-1)%l;return!x[p%l]


                          Basically the same as @EmbodimentOfIgnorance's C# .NET answer



                          4 byte save thanks to @Arnaud



                          Try it online!




                          JavaScript (Node.js), 61 bytes





                          x=>for(p=l=x.length,i=2**l;i--;p+=l-(x[p%l]*=-1)%l)x[p%l].f


                          This version uses undefined as a halting symbol and throws a TypeError: Cannot read property 'f' of undefined when the machine halts and terminates quietly when the machine doesn't halt.



                          Try it online!






                          share|improve this answer











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                            2











                            $begingroup$


                            JavaScript (Node.js), 71 67 bytes





                            x=>for(p=l=x.length,i=2**l;i--;)p+=l-(x[p%l]*=-1)%l;return!x[p%l]


                            Basically the same as @EmbodimentOfIgnorance's C# .NET answer



                            4 byte save thanks to @Arnaud



                            Try it online!




                            JavaScript (Node.js), 61 bytes





                            x=>for(p=l=x.length,i=2**l;i--;p+=l-(x[p%l]*=-1)%l)x[p%l].f


                            This version uses undefined as a halting symbol and throws a TypeError: Cannot read property 'f' of undefined when the machine halts and terminates quietly when the machine doesn't halt.



                            Try it online!






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                              JavaScript (Node.js), 71 67 bytes





                              x=>for(p=l=x.length,i=2**l;i--;)p+=l-(x[p%l]*=-1)%l;return!x[p%l]


                              Basically the same as @EmbodimentOfIgnorance's C# .NET answer



                              4 byte save thanks to @Arnaud



                              Try it online!




                              JavaScript (Node.js), 61 bytes





                              x=>for(p=l=x.length,i=2**l;i--;p+=l-(x[p%l]*=-1)%l)x[p%l].f


                              This version uses undefined as a halting symbol and throws a TypeError: Cannot read property 'f' of undefined when the machine halts and terminates quietly when the machine doesn't halt.



                              Try it online!






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                              JavaScript (Node.js), 71 67 bytes





                              x=>for(p=l=x.length,i=2**l;i--;)p+=l-(x[p%l]*=-1)%l;return!x[p%l]


                              Basically the same as @EmbodimentOfIgnorance's C# .NET answer



                              4 byte save thanks to @Arnaud



                              Try it online!




                              JavaScript (Node.js), 61 bytes





                              x=>for(p=l=x.length,i=2**l;i--;p+=l-(x[p%l]*=-1)%l)x[p%l].f


                              This version uses undefined as a halting symbol and throws a TypeError: Cannot read property 'f' of undefined when the machine halts and terminates quietly when the machine doesn't halt.



                              Try it online!







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                                  Scala, 156 bytes



                                  Still golfable IMO, but I'm okay with it for now. Returns 0 for non-halting Foos and 1 for halting Foos. Takes the input in a as an Array[Int], so h is taken as 0.





                                  var u=Seq[Array[Int]]()//Keep track of all states
                                  var i=0//Index
                                  while(u.forall(_.deep!=a.deep))if(a(i)==0)return 1//Check if we are in a previously encountered step ; Halt
                                  u:+=a.clone//Add current state in the tracker
                                  var k=i//Stock temp index
                                  i=(a(i)+i)%a.length//Move index to next step
                                  if(i<0)i+=a.length//Modulus operator in Scala can return a negative value...
                                  a(k)*=(-1)//Change sign of last seen index
                                  0//Returns 0 if we met a previous step


                                  It is pretty long to run (around 4 seconds for all the test cases) because of the multiple full-array lookups I did, plus the .deep that create copies... But you can still try it online.






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                                    Scala, 156 bytes



                                    Still golfable IMO, but I'm okay with it for now. Returns 0 for non-halting Foos and 1 for halting Foos. Takes the input in a as an Array[Int], so h is taken as 0.





                                    var u=Seq[Array[Int]]()//Keep track of all states
                                    var i=0//Index
                                    while(u.forall(_.deep!=a.deep))if(a(i)==0)return 1//Check if we are in a previously encountered step ; Halt
                                    u:+=a.clone//Add current state in the tracker
                                    var k=i//Stock temp index
                                    i=(a(i)+i)%a.length//Move index to next step
                                    if(i<0)i+=a.length//Modulus operator in Scala can return a negative value...
                                    a(k)*=(-1)//Change sign of last seen index
                                    0//Returns 0 if we met a previous step


                                    It is pretty long to run (around 4 seconds for all the test cases) because of the multiple full-array lookups I did, plus the .deep that create copies... But you can still try it online.






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                                      Scala, 156 bytes



                                      Still golfable IMO, but I'm okay with it for now. Returns 0 for non-halting Foos and 1 for halting Foos. Takes the input in a as an Array[Int], so h is taken as 0.





                                      var u=Seq[Array[Int]]()//Keep track of all states
                                      var i=0//Index
                                      while(u.forall(_.deep!=a.deep))if(a(i)==0)return 1//Check if we are in a previously encountered step ; Halt
                                      u:+=a.clone//Add current state in the tracker
                                      var k=i//Stock temp index
                                      i=(a(i)+i)%a.length//Move index to next step
                                      if(i<0)i+=a.length//Modulus operator in Scala can return a negative value...
                                      a(k)*=(-1)//Change sign of last seen index
                                      0//Returns 0 if we met a previous step


                                      It is pretty long to run (around 4 seconds for all the test cases) because of the multiple full-array lookups I did, plus the .deep that create copies... But you can still try it online.






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                                      Scala, 156 bytes



                                      Still golfable IMO, but I'm okay with it for now. Returns 0 for non-halting Foos and 1 for halting Foos. Takes the input in a as an Array[Int], so h is taken as 0.





                                      var u=Seq[Array[Int]]()//Keep track of all states
                                      var i=0//Index
                                      while(u.forall(_.deep!=a.deep))if(a(i)==0)return 1//Check if we are in a previously encountered step ; Halt
                                      u:+=a.clone//Add current state in the tracker
                                      var k=i//Stock temp index
                                      i=(a(i)+i)%a.length//Move index to next step
                                      if(i<0)i+=a.length//Modulus operator in Scala can return a negative value...
                                      a(k)*=(-1)//Change sign of last seen index
                                      0//Returns 0 if we met a previous step


                                      It is pretty long to run (around 4 seconds for all the test cases) because of the multiple full-array lookups I did, plus the .deep that create copies... But you can still try it online.







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                                          Perl 5 -ap, 88 bytes





                                          for(;$F[$i]&&!$k"$i;$i=($i+$F[$i])%@F)$k"$i=1;$F[$i]*=-1$_=!$F[$i]


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                                            Perl 5 -ap, 88 bytes





                                            for(;$F[$i]&&!$k"$i;$i=($i+$F[$i])%@F)$k"$i=1;$F[$i]*=-1$_=!$F[$i]


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                                              Perl 5 -ap, 88 bytes





                                              for(;$F[$i]&&!$k"$i;$i=($i+$F[$i])%@F)$k"$i=1;$F[$i]*=-1$_=!$F[$i]


                                              Try it online!






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                                              Perl 5 -ap, 88 bytes





                                              for(;$F[$i]&&!$k"$i;$i=($i+$F[$i])%@F)$k"$i=1;$F[$i]*=-1$_=!$F[$i]


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                                                  Attache, 40 bytes



                                                  Not@&N@Periodic[On[0,`-,_]&Rotate!_@0]


                                                  Try it online!



                                                  Explanation



                                                  On[0,`-,_]&Rotate!_@0


                                                  This performs a single iteration of the Foo machine; it negates the first member, then rotates the array by the (original, non-negated) first element of the array.



                                                  Periodic will apply this function until a duplicate result is accumulated. A machine either halts, or goes into a trivial infinite loop. If it halts, the first element will be 0. Otherwise, it will be non-zero.



                                                  &N is a golfy way of obtaining the first element of a numeric array. Then, Not returns true for 0 (halting machines) and false for anything else (non halting machines).






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                                                    Attache, 40 bytes



                                                    Not@&N@Periodic[On[0,`-,_]&Rotate!_@0]


                                                    Try it online!



                                                    Explanation



                                                    On[0,`-,_]&Rotate!_@0


                                                    This performs a single iteration of the Foo machine; it negates the first member, then rotates the array by the (original, non-negated) first element of the array.



                                                    Periodic will apply this function until a duplicate result is accumulated. A machine either halts, or goes into a trivial infinite loop. If it halts, the first element will be 0. Otherwise, it will be non-zero.



                                                    &N is a golfy way of obtaining the first element of a numeric array. Then, Not returns true for 0 (halting machines) and false for anything else (non halting machines).






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                                                      Attache, 40 bytes



                                                      Not@&N@Periodic[On[0,`-,_]&Rotate!_@0]


                                                      Try it online!



                                                      Explanation



                                                      On[0,`-,_]&Rotate!_@0


                                                      This performs a single iteration of the Foo machine; it negates the first member, then rotates the array by the (original, non-negated) first element of the array.



                                                      Periodic will apply this function until a duplicate result is accumulated. A machine either halts, or goes into a trivial infinite loop. If it halts, the first element will be 0. Otherwise, it will be non-zero.



                                                      &N is a golfy way of obtaining the first element of a numeric array. Then, Not returns true for 0 (halting machines) and false for anything else (non halting machines).






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                                                      Attache, 40 bytes



                                                      Not@&N@Periodic[On[0,`-,_]&Rotate!_@0]


                                                      Try it online!



                                                      Explanation



                                                      On[0,`-,_]&Rotate!_@0


                                                      This performs a single iteration of the Foo machine; it negates the first member, then rotates the array by the (original, non-negated) first element of the array.



                                                      Periodic will apply this function until a duplicate result is accumulated. A machine either halts, or goes into a trivial infinite loop. If it halts, the first element will be 0. Otherwise, it will be non-zero.



                                                      &N is a golfy way of obtaining the first element of a numeric array. Then, Not returns true for 0 (halting machines) and false for anything else (non halting machines).







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                                                          Charcoal, 28 bytes



                                                          ≔⁰ηFX²L諧≔θ籧θη≧⁻§θη绬§θη


                                                          Try it online! Link is to verbose version of code. Outputs using Charcoal's default Boolean output, which is - for true and nothing for false. Explanation:



                                                          ≔⁰η


                                                          Initialise the instruction pointer.



                                                          FX²Lθ«


                                                          Loop as many times as there are theoretically possible states.



                                                          §≔θ籧θη


                                                          Negate the value at the instruction pointer.



                                                          ≧⁻§θηη


                                                          Subtract the new value from the instruction pointer. Charcoal's array accesses are cyclic so this automatically emulates Foo's circular tape.



                                                          »¬§θη


                                                          At the end of the loop, output whether the program halted.






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                                                            Charcoal, 28 bytes



                                                            ≔⁰ηFX²L諧≔θ籧θη≧⁻§θη绬§θη


                                                            Try it online! Link is to verbose version of code. Outputs using Charcoal's default Boolean output, which is - for true and nothing for false. Explanation:



                                                            ≔⁰η


                                                            Initialise the instruction pointer.



                                                            FX²Lθ«


                                                            Loop as many times as there are theoretically possible states.



                                                            §≔θ籧θη


                                                            Negate the value at the instruction pointer.



                                                            ≧⁻§θηη


                                                            Subtract the new value from the instruction pointer. Charcoal's array accesses are cyclic so this automatically emulates Foo's circular tape.



                                                            »¬§θη


                                                            At the end of the loop, output whether the program halted.






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                                                              Charcoal, 28 bytes



                                                              ≔⁰ηFX²L諧≔θ籧θη≧⁻§θη绬§θη


                                                              Try it online! Link is to verbose version of code. Outputs using Charcoal's default Boolean output, which is - for true and nothing for false. Explanation:



                                                              ≔⁰η


                                                              Initialise the instruction pointer.



                                                              FX²Lθ«


                                                              Loop as many times as there are theoretically possible states.



                                                              §≔θ籧θη


                                                              Negate the value at the instruction pointer.



                                                              ≧⁻§θηη


                                                              Subtract the new value from the instruction pointer. Charcoal's array accesses are cyclic so this automatically emulates Foo's circular tape.



                                                              »¬§θη


                                                              At the end of the loop, output whether the program halted.






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                                                              Charcoal, 28 bytes



                                                              ≔⁰ηFX²L諧≔θ籧θη≧⁻§θη绬§θη


                                                              Try it online! Link is to verbose version of code. Outputs using Charcoal's default Boolean output, which is - for true and nothing for false. Explanation:



                                                              ≔⁰η


                                                              Initialise the instruction pointer.



                                                              FX²Lθ«


                                                              Loop as many times as there are theoretically possible states.



                                                              §≔θ籧θη


                                                              Negate the value at the instruction pointer.



                                                              ≧⁻§θηη


                                                              Subtract the new value from the instruction pointer. Charcoal's array accesses are cyclic so this automatically emulates Foo's circular tape.



                                                              »¬§θη


                                                              At the end of the loop, output whether the program halted.







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                                                                  Stax, 11 bytes



                                                                  Ç₧┬òE▐tµ|⌡1


                                                                  Run and debug it



                                                                  It takes input in the form of an integer array, with 0 representing halt.



                                                                  It outputs 1 for a halting and 0 for a non-halting machine.






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                                                                    Stax, 11 bytes



                                                                    Ç₧┬òE▐tµ|⌡1


                                                                    Run and debug it



                                                                    It takes input in the form of an integer array, with 0 representing halt.



                                                                    It outputs 1 for a halting and 0 for a non-halting machine.






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                                                                      Ç₧┬òE▐tµ|⌡1


                                                                      Run and debug it



                                                                      It takes input in the form of an integer array, with 0 representing halt.



                                                                      It outputs 1 for a halting and 0 for a non-halting machine.






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                                                                      Stax, 11 bytes



                                                                      Ç₧┬òE▐tµ|⌡1


                                                                      Run and debug it



                                                                      It takes input in the form of an integer array, with 0 representing halt.



                                                                      It outputs 1 for a halting and 0 for a non-halting machine.







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                                                                          Pyth, 12 bytes



                                                                          !hu.<+_hGtGh


                                                                          Test suite!



                                                                          Uses the straight-forward approach. Recurse until we see the list twice in an identical state. For programs that halt, the list will eventually have a leading 0 because that's where the recursion stops. For programs that don't halt, the list won't begin with the 0, but rather be in a state from
                                                                          which the process would be periodic and therefore the Foo machine wouldn't halt.






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                                                                            !hu.<+_hGtGh


                                                                            Test suite!



                                                                            Uses the straight-forward approach. Recurse until we see the list twice in an identical state. For programs that halt, the list will eventually have a leading 0 because that's where the recursion stops. For programs that don't halt, the list won't begin with the 0, but rather be in a state from
                                                                            which the process would be periodic and therefore the Foo machine wouldn't halt.






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                                                                              !hu.<+_hGtGh


                                                                              Test suite!



                                                                              Uses the straight-forward approach. Recurse until we see the list twice in an identical state. For programs that halt, the list will eventually have a leading 0 because that's where the recursion stops. For programs that don't halt, the list won't begin with the 0, but rather be in a state from
                                                                              which the process would be periodic and therefore the Foo machine wouldn't halt.






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                                                                              Pyth, 12 bytes



                                                                              !hu.<+_hGtGh


                                                                              Test suite!



                                                                              Uses the straight-forward approach. Recurse until we see the list twice in an identical state. For programs that halt, the list will eventually have a leading 0 because that's where the recursion stops. For programs that don't halt, the list won't begin with the 0, but rather be in a state from
                                                                              which the process would be periodic and therefore the Foo machine wouldn't halt.







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