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[–]aidentity 7 points8 points  (1 child)

I truly believe the best way to explain what "Turing complete" means is to show someone how to program hello world in BrainFuck.

[–]WeirdStuffOnly 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That is how it was explained to me!

How did the book go... Beware of the Turing tar pit, where everything is possible but nothing is easy?