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[โ€“] frezik@midwest.social 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There are scripting extensions to SQL that definitely are. There are some features in some SQL servers that make it Turing Complete even without scripting stuff.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/900055/is-sql-or-even-tsql-turing-complete

Like HTML5+CSS3 being Turning Complete, it's easy to add features that accidentally make you hit the threshold. Many would argue that it's a sign complexity has run away from you, and I tend to agree.

[โ€“] msage@programming.dev 3 points 2 days ago

I fully support promoting CSS to be Turing complete if I never have to touch JS for the UI elements ever again.