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4 pointsjeremylevy3 comments

Never understood the point of language rankings, aren't they all Turing complete?

To me, languages are all Turing complete in a similar way to how all food contains calories. Some are better for your health than others.

Here's hello world in brainfuck. It's a Turing complete language.

  ++++++++++[>+>+++>++++>+++++++>++++++++>+++++++++>++++++++++>+++++++++++>++++++++++++<<<<<<<<<-]>>>>+.>>>>+..<.<++++++++.>>>+.<<+.<<<<++++.<++.>>>+++++++.>>>.+++.<+++++++.--------.<<<<<+.<+++.---.

https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Hello_world/Text

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