[OT] On the Expressive Power of Programming Languages

[Paul Backus]

On Sunday, 15 November 2020 at 12:31:15 UTC, Russel Winder wrote:
> I'd say it is a matter of personal prejudice, so most likely 
> different for each individual.
>
> Where two people agree on the "expressiveness" of different 
> programming languages, you have the beginnings of a clique.

What if I told you there's a way to mathematically formalize the 
idea of "expressiveness" while preserving many of our intuitions 
about which programming languages are more expressive than others?

Are you curious? If so, watch the talk--it's all in there. :)