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The Kolmogorov complexity changes by an amount bounded by a constant when you change languages, but the order of the programs is very much allowed to change. Where did you get that it wasn't?
(this is because all Turing-complete languages can simulate each other)
I knew Kolmogorov complexity was used in Solomonoff induction, and I was under the impression that using Universal Turing Machines was an arbitrary choice.
Solomonoff induction is only optimal up to a constant, and the constant will change depending on the language.