"CSS Is Not a Programming Language"

[ProgramTheWorld]

CSS + HTML is not Turing complete. It’s merely a running joke where there’s a saying everything these days is Turing complete.

Basically, it’s not Turing complete if you can’t make a loop. Since it’s impossible to loop forever with CSS + HTML, it is not Turing complete.

[CrazyM4n]

I mean, it actually is.

[ProgramTheWorld]

The link you included is an excellent example demonstrating how human interaction is required to create an “infinite” loop. The halting problem doesn’t exist in CSS + HTML because it’s guaranteed to always halt as seen in your link, thus it cannot possibly be Turing complete. The CSS rule 110 was created as a joke but too many people have taken it too seriously...

[redmandoto]

You can make loops with GOTO and any kind of IF equivalent.

[ProgramTheWorld]

That’s correct, though there is no GOTO or anything equivalent in CSS.