C++ Templates are Turing-Complete
Apologies to anyone reading. These last few weeks are very busy and I do not have time for a legitimate post. Hopefully things will be more regular later…?
So meanwhile, I present this semi-formal proof that the C++ template system is Turing-complete, shown to me by a friend. This means that, among other things, a C++ program that uses templates can (theoretically) take both infinite time and infinite space to compile!
I am not a C++ fan, though it has a few features I appreciate. But give me a nice OO system, with a solid C-language interface…Objective-C does not quite fit, because you still have to live with the lingering bits of C. Ah, well…