On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 09:01:58AM -0800, John H. Robinson, IV wrote: > Stewart Stremler wrote: > > > > Any sufficiently powerful programming language is equivalent to any other > > programming, given enough effort. Note that this equivalence is not in > > real-world performance terms, nor in programmer efficiency terms, but > > mere that it can arrive at the same answer. > > > > You can write a compiler in COBOL, f'r instance. The only reason to do > > so would be to demonstrate that yes, it can be done. > > But can you write an http server in PostScript? > > -john >
Someone wrote one in tcl -- Josh turned me on to it, but I haven't had time to grok it (heh, thought I'd never use _that_ verb) and even forget its name. When apache is no longer enough for my modest needs, I'll get real worried. I love the whimsy of these discussions. Here's a project -- use the emacs lisp interpreter to write vi. -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 -- KPLUG-List mailing list [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
