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

[pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <lQoJa.15605$bH3.5463@fe02.atl2.webusenet.com>,
Randy McLaughlin <randy@nospam.com> wrote:
 
> The point is not whether it is a language, but whether it is a programming
> language.
 
OK - well a "programming language" must then be a language intended
for programming....
 
> As such it would require control of something.  Not all
> programming languages contain strings at all, the one example is the Eniac
> it had a language with no strings at all (other than the copper "strings"
> (wires).
 
FORTRAN didn't have strings either, up until FORTRAN IV.  In these
FORTRAN versions, string manipulation was performed by putting the
strings in NUMERICAL variables.....
 
> There were a number of computers and other digital processors that
> had the sequence hard wired.  Please note that a sequence is required
> for a program, but the sequence does not have to be strings.
> 
> There is a post that shows references that appear to show how to structure a
> computer language to make it easier to apply for an ISO standard.  I don't
> know how many languages have already been created that would fail to pass
> muster today if they tried to get an ISO number assigned, nor do I know how
> many qualified people would join committees to argue their points.
 
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