Re: How powerful is language build in vim compare with the language build in emacs?

Peng Yu 写道:
> I have learned neither the language for vim scripting nor the language
> for emacs scripting (which is lisp, right?). (I know mit-scheme, but I
> have never used emacs) May I ask the following questions?
>
> I know Lisp is very powerful. Is the language in vim as powerful?
>
> For what type of tasks, it is more difficult to do in vim scripting
> language than lisp in emacs? And for what type of tasks, it is easier
> to do in vim scripting language than lisp in emacs?

In theory, a turing complete language could do anything.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_completeness

Two turing-complete languages are always inter-translatable.

It is said that Lisp is turing complete.

So if vim script is turing-complete, it is as powerful as Lisp.

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