It can all be done on a Turing machine. It is a question of tools, and the cultures that build and use those tools, and the interactions between those two things.
Like others writing here and like the author of the post I, too, had my imagination fired by SICP and the culture it fits in. When I pick up a Learn to Program book and the examples are managing a used car dealer's inventory, I can only say "Thanks" to Abelson and Sussman. They turned me on to something exciting.
Like others writing here and like the author of the post I, too, had my imagination fired by SICP and the culture it fits in. When I pick up a Learn to Program book and the examples are managing a used car dealer's inventory, I can only say "Thanks" to Abelson and Sussman. They turned me on to something exciting.