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The Power of Turing Machines in Programming
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This episode discusses the idea of universality in programming and how it dates back to Alan Turing's Turing machine, which has the same expressive power as modern programming languages like Java, C++, and Basic.
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The concept of universality in programming languages suggests that several simple operations can be combined to express any programming language; this offers the promise of a tightly compact and efficient programming instrument, much like how Boolean logic operates.
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The concept of universality in programming languages suggests that several simple operations can be combined to express any programming language; this offers the promise of a tightly compact and efficient programming instrument, much like how Boolean logic operates.
ChapterThe Power of Turing Machines in Programming
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This episode discusses the idea of universality in programming languages, going back to Alan Turing's Turing machine, a simple model of a computer with the ability to simulate any other type of computer language.
1:06:01 - 1:09:10 (03:08)
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This episode discusses the idea of universality in programming languages, going back to Alan Turing's Turing machine, a simple model of a computer with the ability to simulate any other type of computer language. While many have tried to create more powerful languages, most modern programming languages are all Turing universal.