Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!micro-heart-of-gold.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!panix!not-for-mail From: Grant Edwards Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Python Front-end to GCC Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 22:47:31 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: <4012031f-5334-4be8-a673-e0d8c8917fb2@googlegroups.com> <5a4e0ec9-c977-4a86-83b0-9f4c55a82e37@googlegroups.com> <54f8eb09-7a2e-4306-86f2-7ae118fa8055@googlegroups.com> <52669DC3.5010601@nedbatchelder.com> <5266BC39.9070206@nedbatchelder.com> <5266C29A.8010601@nedbatchelder.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: c-24-118-110-103.hsd1.mn.comcast.net X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1382482051 95 24.118.110.103 (22 Oct 2013 22:47:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 22:47:31 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Linux) Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:57326 On 2013-10-22, Mark Janssen wrote: >>> ....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. Whether a language is turing complete or not has _NOTHING_ to do with whether it can be compiled or not. > That's the difference between a calculator and a computer. No, it isn't. > Thank you. You may be seated. Dunno what you're smoking, but you sure are getting your money's worth... -- Grant