On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 9:11 AM, Piet van Oostrum <p...@vanoostrum.org> wrote: > Mark Janssen <dreamingforw...@gmail.com> writes: > >>>> ....Is your language Turing complete? >>>> >>> >>> 1) No, it's not. >>> 2) So what? That should make it easier to compile to C, if anything. >>> 3) Don't change the subject. >> >> Well, if your language is not Turing complete, it is not clear that >> you will be able to compile it at all. That's the difference between >> a calculator and a computer. > > You think a language that is not Turing-complete cannot be compiled? > What nonsense is that. Please Mark, spare us your nonsense.
HQ9+ can be compiled. By the simple technique of making the original source into a literal and appending the interpreter, you can make a compiler. Any language that has an interpreter can, therefore, be compiled, regardless of Turing completeness or any other attribute. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
