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Re: Runaway javascript

From	Carl Fink <carlf@panix.com>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.software.firefox
Subject	Re: Runaway javascript
Date	2021-04-17 20:00 +0000
Organization	PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
Message-ID	<slrns7mfjp.rcr.carlf@panix2.panix.com> (permalink)
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On 2021-04-16, WaltS48 <schw01@invalid.net> wrote:

> What is a turing complete, program?

Turing complete programs (to oversimplify) are capable of doing anything
that a standard computer can do. In this context, it means that the
JavaScript machine in your browser can emulate any computer (given enough
time--it may do so very, very slowly) and do any generic thing that a
computer can do.

After Alan Turing, who did the theoretical work behind the definition.
-- 
Carl Fink                                                  carl@finknetwork.com 
https://reasonablyliterate.com                           https://nitpicking.com 
If you want to make a point, somebody will take the point and stab you with it. 
	-Kenne Estes

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        Re: Runaway javascript Carl Fink <carlf@panix.com> - 2021-04-17 20:00 +0000
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