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I think it's less than he said that Python 3 sucks, and more that he had a completely incorrect and misleading explanation of how Python 3 is not Turing complet
by thehardsphere 9y ago
I think it's less than he said that Python 3 sucks, and more that he had a completely incorrect and misleading explanation of how Python 3 is not Turing complete and thus nobody should use it over Python 2. Then when he was hit the Internet backdraft, he pretended that it was an elaborate joke instead of evidence of his massive incompetence.
- PhasmaFelis 9y agoIs it even possible for any non-trivial programming language to not be Turing-complete?
- thehardsphere 9y agoI think the answer is "No", but it depends on where you draw the line at "trivial" and "programming language." I think ANSI SQL isn't Turing complete. But I don't consider that a programming language. I think all modern general purpose programming languages are Turing complete. That is, programs from general purpose programming languages can be re-written in any other Turing complete language. Not to be confused with the Zed Shaw "joke" that a programming language is not Turing complete if its interpreter does not run source code written in another Turing complete language, completely unmodified.