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

[russotto@grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew Russotto)]

In article <4j3Ia.220$nx5.98@fe05.atl2.webusenet.com>,
Randy McLaughlin <randy@nospam.com> wrote:
>
>The automatic task is in describing to the client the tasks to display the
>page the HTML code describes. 

That's not an "automatic" task -- that's the task of writing the HTML
code.  
>Like it or not it is a program.

Like it or not, it is not a program.

>The first
>program people tend to learn is the "hello" program:  Just a program that
>prints hello to the console. 

10 PRINT "HELLO"

is a program

"HELLO"
is not.

>The first HTML code anyone learns is just a
>simple.  HTML is a limited "language", but it does contain enough structure
>to be a language.

It lacks loop and control structures.  It lacks variables and
assignment.  It lacks data types and structures.
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Matthew T. Russotto                            mrussotto@speakeasy.net
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