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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] new language, arch, furth, etc.
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Colin Walters |
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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] new language, arch, furth, etc. |
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Tue, 20 Jul 2004 12:21:28 -0400 |
On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 11:12 -0500, Charles Duffy wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 10:59, Colin Walters wrote:
> > Because it's the same as the existing RFC822-compatible format, so there
> > is no new format being created, and certainly isn't anywhere near
> > turing-complete.
>
> I'm sorry -- languages have to be Turing-complete?
No, but Tom is trying to argue that an new version of such a language is
needed.
> And RFC822 isn't one?
It is a language. But it is a very well known one that is already in
use in arch and works well.
> I thought that Turing-complete was a quality that languages may or may
> not possess, not a prerequirement for being a language at all.
The point is that Tom's example did not demonstrate the need for a new
Turing-complete language.
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- [Gnu-arch-users] new language, arch, furth, etc., Tom Lord, 2004/07/19
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] new language, arch, furth, etc., Phil Frost, 2004/07/20
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: new language, arch, furth, etc., Andreas Rottmann, 2004/07/20
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] new language, arch, furth, etc., Aaron Bentley, 2004/07/20
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] new language, arch, furth, etc., Tom Lord, 2004/07/20
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: new language, arch, furth, etc., Tom Lord, 2004/07/20
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] new language, arch, furth, etc., Colin Walters, 2004/07/20
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] new language, arch, furth, etc., Charles Duffy, 2004/07/20
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] new language, arch, furth, etc., Colin Walters, 2004/07/20
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] new language, arch, furth, etc., Charles Duffy, 2004/07/20
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] new language, arch, furth, etc.,
Colin Walters <=
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] new language, arch, furth, etc., Talli Somekh, 2004/07/20
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] new language, arch, furth, etc., James Blackwell, 2004/07/20
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] new language, arch, furth, etc., Pierce T . Wetter III, 2004/07/20
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] new language, arch, furth, etc., Tom Lord, 2004/07/20
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] new language, arch, furth, etc., Jeremy Shaw, 2004/07/20
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] new language, arch, furth, etc., Tom Lord, 2004/07/20
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] new language, arch, furth, etc., Tom Lord, 2004/07/20
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] new language, arch, furth, etc., Jeremy Shaw, 2004/07/20
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] new language, arch, furth, etc., Tom Lord, 2004/07/20
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