What happens if the computer is ‘given’ a paradox, what happens, how is it dealt with?

Question: What happens if the computer is 'given' a paradox, what happens, how is it dealt with?
- Keywords:
  computer,
  paradox
Asked by anon-223296 to Adam on 20 Nov 2019.
- Adam Wootton answered on 20 Nov 2019:
  
  Good question! When programming, it’s very easy to accidentally create a paradox, such as a cycle that never, ever ends. The computer can then get stuck in the loop, so we create some failsafes that mean that we can stop it when it gets trapped.

Question: What happens if the computer is 'given' a paradox, what happens, how is it dealt with?