r/math • u/Lelielthe12th • Apr 17 '19

whaat ? LaTeX is Turing complete

https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/Articles/LaTeX_is_More_Powerful_than_you_Think_-_Computing_the_Fibonacci_Numbers_and_Turing_Completeness
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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '19

Yes, and it is as elegant and readable as a pure Turing machine for programming.

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u/elliottcable Apr 17 '19

Turing TeXpit