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		rogersm on Aug 19, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Lisp in Prolog in zero lines System.system can be done in all languages.

_cbsz on Aug 19, 2009 [–]

False. Counterexample: Brainfuck. There's nothing about Turing completeness that includes the ability to make system calls.

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