Turing Complete

What Is Turing Complete?

Turing Complete refers to a computer that, given adequate time and memory, as well as the required instructions, could tackle any computational problem, regardless of how complicated it is. Since most modern programming languages are Turing Complete, the term is commonly used to characterize them. It is a theoretical machine designed by mathematician Alan Turing.

Further Understanding the Concept of Turing Complete

When a technology or programming language can reproduce a Turing Machine by running any sort of program or solving any problem that the Turing Machine could run or solve, it is said to be Turing Complete. 

If a gadget or programming language, on the other end, is unable to do so, it is referred to as Turing Incomplete. A system must be Turing complete if it can perform what a Turing machine can achieve. Many computer programming languages being used today are Turing complete, although this is not required for blockchains. 

Solidity, the programming language basically used to create Ethereum smart contracts, is an example of this. If a language is not Turing complete, it is limited in its ability to solve all types of computational problems. Bitcoin, for example, is not Turing complete by design. This is because it was built as a cryptocurrency and only supports basic functions such as value transfer.