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This is just a side observation: It's amazing that all any programming language has to do is 1) Store data and 2) Branch. Yet the number of ways to build on the
by russellbeattie 8y ago
This is just a side observation: It's amazing that all any programming language has to do is 1) Store data and 2) Branch. Yet the number of ways to build on these two basic concepts is astounding.
- andrewflnr 8y ago> 1) Store data and 2) Branch This accords with my intuition from seeing that things like SKI combinators and ELF relocation headers are Turing complete. However, I'm interested in whether there is any theoretical justification for that particular breakdown of features.