Re: Low-level vs. High-level programming

["Really" <barryem@yahoo.com>]

"Simon Williams" <email@luddite.ca> wrote in message
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> This whole thread is turning into an excersise in (pointless)
semantics.
> And unless I'm very much mistaken, has little relevance to any of
groups
> to which it is being cross-posted... though if there is an HTML
> interpreter available for the Apple II I'd be very pleased to
hear about
> it :)

I agree that it's largely semantics but I don't think it's by any
means pointless.  Semantics rarely are pointless even though the
term "semantics" might be used to pull us away from the central
point of a discussion.  But I think the semantics of this
discussion are the central point.

Actually I think this is a fairly useful discussion.  No, we won't
settle it or come up with an answer we can agree on and we probably
won't change many minds.  But I've seen some new (to me)
perspectives on the nature of a programming language.

Barry