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Originally Posted by Mad_guy
I'd rather say that Java might have more advanced features in some respects, but not a greater amount of overall 'computation power.'
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When one talks about how powerful a particular language is, it's usually with respect to how quickly or efficiently you can solve problems with it. Talking about what computations it can achieve is meaningless; as you so neatly pointed out, any Turing-complete language can emulate any other. Thus, if I say, "Java is more powerful than Visual Basic", what I mean is, "Java is a more suitable solution to a wider range of problems than Visual Basic is".