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As I noted below, it could be argued that x86-64 is a universal programming language that currently serves all purposes across a very wide swath of all computat
by stcredzero 9y ago
As I noted below, it could be argued that x86-64 is a universal programming language that currently serves all purposes across a very wide swath of all computation, modulo a number of interpreters, compilers, and VMs. (Even that doesn't take care of literally all, however.) So maybe there's no free lunch, but you can get lunch for a "coupon" in the form of a compiler or interpreter, which for many is close enough to free.
- carapace 9y agoAll Turing-Complete languages are universal. No Turing-Complete language is best for all problems. (That's why CPUs get GPUs, for example.)
- stcredzero 9y agoAll Turing-Complete languages are universal. No Turing-Complete language is best for all problems. But that doesn't mean they are or are not "fit for purpose." That brings in a lot of subjective and human factors.