title: If a computer can be Turing complete with one instruction what is the purpose of having many instructions?
body: <p>I understand the concept of a computer being Turing complete ( having a MOV or command or a SUBNEG command and being able to therefore "synthesize" other instructions such as ). If that is true what is the purpose of having 100s of instructions like x86 has for example? Is to increase efficiency?</p>