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Unicode's transliteration rules are Turing-complete

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The author demonstrates that Unicode's transliteration rules are Turing-complete, meaning they can theoretically perform any computation. This discovery stems from the unbounded nature of the rules used in the ICU library, making the termination of these rules undecidable.

Hacker News discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48829797

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