Computer Science: An Overview: Global Edition (12th Edition)

Published by Pearson Higher Education
ISBN 10: 1292061162
ISBN 13: 978-1-29206-116-0

Chapter 12 - Theory of Computation - Chapter Review Problems - Page 570: 18

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No, the given Bare Bones program is not self-terminating. The condition `while X not 0` will continue looping indefinitely as long as the variable \( \mathbf{X} \) is not equal to 0, thus making it an infinite loop. There is no termination condition specified within the loop to break out of it.
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