Talk:Turing (programming language)

Article Expansion Suggestions
Though there may be mixed feelings about this programming language, I feel it deserves a more detailed article. I'm first thinking I'd like to add some details as to why it is a suitable language for teaching programming (easily used graphic procedures, very little preparation time, etc.) Before I add a whole new heading, I'd just like to give anyone else who may be watching this page a chance to make suggestions. Balrog30 06:45, 16 December 2006 (UTC)


 * I removed most of the examples except for the factorial one. I don't know what they're supposed to demonstrate other than someone's grade 10 CS homework, if someone seriously wants to show off Turing's capabilities, they ought to do it properly. I left the factorial function just so people can see some syntax, it's kind of standard fare as an example.

The factorial program demonstrates the commands put, if, else, exit when, calculating procedures and loop. The others include getch, drawfill..., hasch, Rand.Int, more complicated commands. The french verb conjugation program was var, get, put, elsif and if, and was not nessecary.


 * Referring to teaching, the first paragraph claims that Turing is being used as a teaching language. The claim will become convincing and more informative (for any programming language for which it is made!) if evidence (quotes, links) is provided, so that others who would like to learn about its successful use in teaching can actually see how and where. GeorgBauhaus (talk) 22:17, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Turing Language
Turing, while hard to understand is quite fun once you get the hang of it.

--> Turing is not hard at all. Turing is a very easy language to learn, just that it is not as powerful as other programming languages, such as C++ and Java.
 * Actually, it has exactly the same power as C++ and Java, i.e. it allows you to compute anything that is Turing Computable.
 * That's a ridiculous assertion, you can build a Turing machine with ticker tape and a pencil. If language A performs tasks faster than language B, then language A is more powerful than B. If language A offers more flexibility than language B, then language A is more powerful than language B. Turing has neither the speed of C++, the compactness of C nor the functional capabilities of Ruby.

If by fun you mean the biggest waste of time in my entire highschool career (worse than grade 9 gym!).
 * Sounds like a problem in the writer rather than in the language!

This language feels really slow compared to other, more popular ones but it's very easy to get into.

Turing is used in Canada as a educational programming language. It needs to be simple and easy to understand so young programmers can establish interests in programming faster (is they like it). If Grade 9 programming was something like C++, I bet there won't be as many students realizing the fun of programming. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Facultyofmusic (talk • contribs) 18:40, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Disambiguation Page Needed
Don't have time to do it myself at the moment but needed please! Thanks BananaManCanDance (talk) 19:34, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Deletion
I don't want to see this language article deleted. The language has been around for over 30 years and I was a first user of it back in 1983. I know it was used up to 2009 as a teaching language, and maybe beyond that. It does have historical significance, and I agree that additional references need to be found and listed. I am sure there are other secondary and tertiary references to be found. I added the following book to the article already. Brianonn (talk) 02:31, 26 May 2015 (UTC)

Merge discussion
After the delete proposal above I started to look at the Turing+ and Object-Oriented Turing pages, and I think those dialects don't warrant their own pages and can be merged into this general article about the Turing Programming Language Brianonn (talk) 00:06, 27 May 2015 (UTC)

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