There's plenty of things that are Turing Complete but that shouldn't be used for... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		KeithMajhor on March 8, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: HTML + CSS3 is Turing complete There's plenty of things that are Turing Complete but that shouldn't be used for interactive applications. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainfuck http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_metaprogramming http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_machine and now apparently HTML + CSS

JonnieCache on March 8, 2011 | [–]

Model railways are turing complete.

http://www.monochrom.at/turingtrainterminal/pictures_eng.htm

hasenj on March 8, 2011 | [–]

Is it not possible to write a C compiler that outputs Brainfuck code that can be executed inside a Brainfuck interpreter?

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact