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		gsliepen 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: C++: "model of the hardware" vs. "model of the com... Why would that be impossible? Most programming languages are still Turing complete, so you can build whatever you want in them.

lmm 8 months ago | [–]

You said this was an efficiency issue, and Church-Turing says nothing about efficiency.

gpderetta 8 months ago | [–]

"Beware of the Turing tar-pit in which everything is possible but nothing of interest is easy."

- Alan Perlis, Epigrams on Programming

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