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[-] KittyCat@lemmy.world 34 points 10 months ago

HTML5 + CSS3 is Turing complete, but just basic html is not.

[-] jackpot@lemmy.ml 8 points 10 months ago

how does something get tested for turing completeness

[-] fleckenstein@social.lizzy.rs 11 points 10 months ago

@jackpot @KittyCat implementing a brainfuck interpreter for it is a useful method

[-] frezik@midwest.social 5 points 10 months ago

Just about the only good reason for Brainfuck.

[-] fleckenstein@social.lizzy.rs 3 points 10 months ago

@frezik I mean that's literally it's purpose. being a minimal turing complete language.

[-] frezik@midwest.social 14 points 10 months ago

I could be wrong, but I don't think the creators envisioned it being a basis for easily proving the Turing Completeness of other languages, but it did. They were more thinking "how can I have the most fucked up language in the smallest package and still be Turning Complete?"

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 10 points 10 months ago

By building a simulated Turing machine, usually... or at least by demonstrating that all the components to do so are available.

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