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Re:Lisp in Prolog in zero lines by rogersm on Wednesday August 19, 2009 @01:49PM (#773247)
System.system can be done in all languages.
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Re:Lisp in Prolog in zero lines by swolchok on Wednesday August 19, 2009 @07:01PM (#774020)
False. Counterexample: Brainfuck. There's nothing about Turing completeness that includes the ability to make system calls.
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