Show that it is impossible to write a procedure halts?

Given a one-argument procedure p and an object a , p is said to ''halt'' on a if evaluating the expression (p a) returns a value (as opposed to terminating with an error message or running forever). Show that it is impossible to write a procedure halts? that correctly determines whether p halts on a for any procedure p and object a . Use the following reasoning: If you had such a procedure halts? , you could implement the following program:

(define (run-forever) (run-forever))

(define (try p)
  (if (halts? p p)
      (run-forever)
      'halted))

Now consider evaluating the expression (try try) and show that any possible outcome (either halting or running forever) violates the intended behavior of halts? .

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