[Fwd: Re: Laws and the law]

[Paul Prescod]

A useful programming language is Turing complete. I would argue that any
"programming language" is Turing complete but the "useful" was supposed
to head off a debate over what a programming language is. Little did I
know!

> Damien Morton wrote:
> 
> what does usefull mean in this context?
> 
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Damien Morton, Technical Director, Dennis Interactive
> 
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pang, Hokkun [mailto:HPang@Yesmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 2:29 PM
> To: 'Paul Prescod'; fork@xent.com
> Subject: RE: [Fwd: Re: Laws and the law]
> 
> sorry for jumping in... but what does 'simple' mean in this context?
> 
> > Similarly, a programming language designer CANNOT create a (useful)
> language such
> > that all programs in that language are simple.