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How small can a programming language be and still be a programming language? In order for a programming language to be able to compute the same sorts of problems as any other language it must be Turing-complete. Amazingly, there is a programming language that has just eight commands, represented by eight single symbols, that is Turing-complete. In this episode we describe what it means to be Turing-complete and how this tiny language does it.
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- Episode 11: What is a Programming Language?
- Brainf... via Wikipedia
- Programming Languages: Principles and Paradigms by Allen Tucker and Robert Noonan via Amazon
Follow us on Twitter @KopecExplains.
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How small can a programming language be and still be a programming language? In order for a programming language to be able to compute the same sorts of problems as any other language it must be Turing-complete. Amazingly, there is a programming language that has just eight commands, represented by eight single symbols, that is Turing-complete. In this episode we describe what it means to be Turing-complete and how this tiny language does it.
Show Notes
- Episode 11: What is a Programming Language?
- Brainf... via Wikipedia
- Programming Languages: Principles and Paradigms by Allen Tucker and Robert Noonan via Amazon
Follow us on Twitter @KopecExplains.
Theme “Place on Fire” Copyright 2019 Creo, CC BY 4.0
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