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Unicode has stubbornly refused to become Turing complete. Will it ever be more than a bunch of character tables? I think Unicode Emoji were a great step forwar

by lolc 10y ago

Unicode has stubbornly refused to become Turing complete. Will it ever be more than a bunch of character tables? I think Unicode Emoji were a great step forward but we must redouble our efforts.

ChristianBundy 10y ago
I genuinely can't decide whether or not this is sarcasm.
- unimpressive 10y ago
  It's sarcasm.
TazeTSchnitzel 10y ago
Unicode could be a stack machine. Implementing bi-directional text already requires a stack which can be pushed onto and popped from (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi-directional_text#Unicode_bidi_support https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi-directional_text#Unicode_bi...), we just need to add more operations!
- ghayes 10y ago
  A turing machine can be simulated with two stacks.
- lolc 10y ago
  Fascinating. The emoji seem primitive in comparison. This is actually related to something I'm working on at the moment and it cleared up a few misconceptions. So thanks for the link :-)