Turing Tarpit

You probably have heard of Turing Machines. A Turing Machine can theoretically solve any problem. As any programming language usually could too, any programming language is usually a Turing Machine.

But just as you can remove nails with pliers and screws with a pair of ViseGrips, and can hammer nails with a rock, there is a matter of having the right tool for the right job. There is also the matter of tools so badly designed that your every attempt to use them just frustrates you more - like falling into a tarpit, every movement just seems to make things worse.

Well, most programmers have found themselves in a tarpit now and then, whether through their own mistakes or others. Here's a page that celebrates languages that lead you toward that: http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Station/2266/tarpit/tarpit.html

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