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		jimbokun on Aug 12, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Go is my hammer, and everything is a nail It's true in terms of Turing Completeness.

zarzavat on Aug 12, 2024 [–]

Turing complete just means you can simulate a Turing machine.

A Turing machine is a mathematical model of a computer, it’s not a real computer.

Real computers can do things that Turing machines can’t do, e.g. generating random numbers[0], interfacing with hardware, etc.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDRAND

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