@TECHREPORT{Veldhuizen03c++templates, author = {Todd L. Veldhuizen}, title = {C++ Templates are Turing Complete}, institution = {}, year = {2003} }
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Abstract
We sketch a proof of a well-known folk theorem that C++ templates are Turing complete. The absence of a formal semantics for C++ template instantiation makes a rigorous proof unlikely.