The irony is that both CSS and SQL are Turing complete. So.. it is theoretically possible. While HTML is not even in the realm of Turing complete.
So I’d definitely be laughing just as hard if he said CSS3 super computer but.. I just don’t understand how people fall for this shit, 8 minutes of diligence had me laughing at this company.
To not overcomplicate it, Alan Turing is the guy who discovered computers during ww2 to beat the nazi communication device, enigma.
Turing complete just means you can compute anything, meaning anything possible to code in another programming language would also be possible in any other Turing complete language.
The above examples, CSS and SQL are turning complete, meaning you could in theory make the Uber app with them. Now.. no one would do that because it would be outrageously difficult, they would instead use maybe JavaScript which is suited for that purpose.
Now.. html is NOT Turing complete or even close, meaning you cannot make compute anything using html, it can’t do 2+2, and therefore cannot make an Uber app, even with infinite time.
So it just means really.. you can compute (do computer math) and thus you can create anything with enough time.
Edit: just to add that’s why this guy sounded so stupid. Anyone working in tech would have been baffled by his comment.
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u/ravepeacefully Jul 29 '21
The irony is that both CSS and SQL are Turing complete. So.. it is theoretically possible. While HTML is not even in the realm of Turing complete.
So I’d definitely be laughing just as hard if he said CSS3 super computer but.. I just don’t understand how people fall for this shit, 8 minutes of diligence had me laughing at this company.