Re: Low-level vs. High-level programming (was My First Computer)

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

> Ok Randy here are two definition for you:
>
>    6. A set of coded instructions that enables a machine, especially a
>    computer, to perform a desired sequence of operations.
>
>    7. An instruction sequence in programmed instruction.
>
> Since HTML offers neither instructions nor operations, HTML is not a
> programming language as defined above. Now that wasn't so hard, was
> it?
>
> (No, an HTML tag is not an instruction. There are no specified actions
> that are taken when the HTML renderer encounters a tag - it is just a
> way to mark-up the text. HTML tags are similar to comments in
> programming languages in this respect.)

HyperText Markup Language (HTML)
The basis of the World Wide Web, and what the tutorial is intended to teach.
HTML is a Document Type Definition (DTD), or subset, of the Standard
Generalized Markup Language (SGML).

Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML)
An open document definition language much in use in the publishing industry.
HTML is a definition under SGML.

IMHO, if someone thought it appropriate to include the "L" in these titles,
which happens to stand for "Language", then I must agree with anyone who
believes these to BE languages.

Thanks,

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprises };-)
Web Site - http://garberstreet.netfirms.com
Email - willy46pa@comcast.net



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