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Re:The German School of Lisp ("Fluchtpunkt Lisps") by yters on Tuesday May 03, 2011 @07:47PM (#2512166)
Kolmogrov complexity proves that while language A can emulate capability X from language B, it is impossible to do so without writing B in A. In which case, it is still B doing X.

So, in a literal sense, it can be impossible to do X in A and possible to do X in B, even though A and B are Turing complete.

Re:The German School of Lisp ("Fluchtpunkt Lisps") by exit on Wednesday May 04, 2011 @06:29PM (#2515543)
thanks, this is the kind of answer i was hoping for