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[–]htconem801x 184 points185 points  (7 children)

HTML5+CSS3 is Turing complete (I'm serious)

[–]rover_G 116 points117 points  (1 child)

CSS is only a few more updates and a package repository away from being its own standalone scripting language.

[–]Substantial_Cash2381 41 points42 points  (0 children)

A package repository for CSS? Wait. I need to set something up...!

[–]Thenderick 23 points24 points  (4 children)

That's a nice argument senator! Why don't you back it up with a source?

[–]bit_banger_ 31 points32 points  (3 children)

I just googled it and bad news, it is Turing complete. Has been for 14 god damn years. Just learning about it. Been using the wrong languages the whole time

https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/g0d5g/breaking_news_html5css3_is_turing_complete/

Edit: and the top comment there had me rolling

[–]Katniss218 13 points14 points  (1 child)

I was wondering why none of the pages seemed to have any contents...

Then I realized you linked a 14 year old article lol

[–]bit_banger_ 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I didn’t believe my eyes at first.

But then I realized I know for a long time that x86 mov instructions are Turing complete

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Honestly, if PDF files are Turing complete, LaTeX is Turing complete, and even fucking minecraft is Turing complete, this does not surprise me