Comment on Ask HN: What's with all the new languages?parentComments−TheCoelacanth12yBrainfuck is Turing-complete too. That doesn't make it usable.−StefanKarpinski12y[gratimax shows you how to implement car, cdr and cons in brainfuck]−gratimax12ybrainfuck has no procedures, so no can do. :)−StefanKarpinski12ySince Brainfuck is turing complete, this is untrue – you can emulate procedures and then define car, cdr and cons as emulation-level procedures.
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Brainfuck is Turing-complete too. That doesn't make it usable.
[gratimax shows you how to implement car, cdr and cons in brainfuck]
brainfuck has no procedures, so no can do. :)
Since Brainfuck is turing complete, this is untrue – you can emulate procedures and then define car, cdr and cons as emulation-level procedures.