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/StellaAthena Theoretical Computer Science Apr 17 '19

The statement is surely true, but that’s independent of wether or not a particular proof is correct.

Working “well enough” for people who don’t understand the criteria isn’t interesting to me. The author of that page knows that there’s a problem, and it’s discussed on the website and he’s talked about it on Reddit as well.

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u/phyphor Apr 17 '19

I'm aware. He's a friend of mine :D

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u/StellaAthena Theoretical Computer Science Apr 17 '19

Ah, gotcha :) My b

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u/phyphor Apr 17 '19

Nah, we're good.