tomtheclone Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 This is mostly a joke, but not completely. Last night I realized that Papyrus is a Turing-complete language, and so you could make an OS in Skyrim. An extreme request to be sure, but something like would be awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatFalro Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Clearly you've never worked with Papyrus, LOL. http://i.imgur.com/SpsHLJq.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomtheclone Posted March 26, 2017 Author Share Posted March 26, 2017 (edited) Clearly you've never worked with Papyrus, LOL. It's Turing-Complete, that's all that matters. That means it is possible even if it is ridiculous. In Papyrus you can set a variable to zero, to can increment a variable 1, and you can loop for a fixed amount of time number of steps. With these three you can define any primitive-recursive function. For fun, try writing an algorithm with those three operations that subtracts :laugh: . If you also have a boundless while, which papyrus also has, you can build any general-recursive function. A programming language that can construct general recursive functions is Turing-Complete. That was pretty much the point of the Church-Turing Thesis. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_completenesshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C-recursive_function Edited March 26, 2017 by tomtheclone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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