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Ansible offers many filters and conditionals. As far as I can tell; it should be possible to implement an Ansible playbook that executes a set of tasks that achieve the same outcome as a Turing Complete language. So, is it Turing Complete?
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Languages like Agda, and Charity are not turing complete. However, they are still useful languages because they are able to simulate any provably terminating Turing machine.
Practically, what you need to know is that a Turing-complete language (also called a universal language) is one where you can compute anything that any other computational method can compute. In other words, a language that's non-universal—or Turing incomplete—has some limits on the set of things that it can compute.
Ansible Playbooks are lists of tasks that automatically execute against hosts. Groups of hosts form your Ansible inventory. Each module within an Ansible Playbook performs a specific task. Each module contains metadata that determines when and where a task is executed, as well as which user executes it.
You can learn more at AnsibleFest, the annual event for all Ansible contributors, users, and customers hosted by Red Hat. AnsibleFest is the place to connect with others, learn new skills, and find a new friend to automate with. Ansible manages machines in an agent-less manner.
It's as Turing Complete as any other programming language. In fact, it was not uncommon for programs to be converted to assembly language as part of the compilation process. So no programming language can do anything that assembly language can't. If C is Turing Complete, so is assembly.
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A computational system that can compute every Turing- computable function is called Turing-complete (or Turing-powerful). Alternatively, such a system is one that can simulate a universal Turing machine.
I think it is.
local_action), which is a rough equivalent of eval() function.include_role it opens ability to run arbitrary complex code within loop (with conditions).until keyword it allows to create classic while/until loop.block with where statement allows branching. Even within loops.Moreover, playbook-related plugins are counted as a valid way to extend playbook, therefore they provide full python features.
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