[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: Low-level vs. High-level programming (was My First Computer)
- Subject: Re: Low-level vs. High-level programming (was My First Computer)
- From: "White Flame \(aka David Holz\)" <whiteflame52@y.a.h.o.o.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 12:42:25 -0700
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm, comp.sys.apple2, rec.games.video.classic, comp.os.cpm
- Organization: Network Access Services, Inc.
- References: <7a1fd8df.0301181540.30e19a40@posting.google.com> <l%1Ia.120$RK2.11917426@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com> <%82Ia.34625$QS4.4604@fe05.atl2.webusene <038073c84e3fe3a00a40ffb3fe9d76b5@TeraNews> <bcvu45$1tjm$1@merope.saaf.se> <9856b2ab0276084facaaa804f3a5f414@TeraNews> <aA4Ja.10576$bH3.2854@fe02.atl2.webusenet.com> <jbeJa.245$3r5.9975866@newssvr15.news.prodigy.com> <wDHJa.1033$lT4.267@fe04.atl2.webusenet.com>
- Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.sys.cbm:59210 comp.sys.apple2:31813 rec.games.video.classic:59329 comp.os.cpm:13509
"Randy McLaughlin" <randy@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:wDHJa.1033$lT4.267@fe04.atl2.webusenet.com...
> Your references still do not define what a computer
> programming language is.
No reference defines what a computer programming language is. It's an
industry term, agreed upon to mean (and reinforced by English grammar) "a
language that can program a computer". There is a general
industry-acknowledged distinction between languages which program
applications (data sets like HTML), and languages which program the computer
itself (like C++). Yes, there are also grey areas, but HTML suits the
definition of "application programming language" (a language which programs
an application), and not "computer programming language". This is all basic
grammar, dictionary definitions, and industry use of industry-specific terms
which are not quantified in any reference.
All that a reference is is one person's opinion who happens to be agreed
upon. So since you can't seem to find a suitable definition for the term
"computer programming language" in the references that you trust (and I
doubt you will ever really find one), and most people here seem to be saying
things similar to the above paragraph, let this be your "reference", or else
view the dictionary as simply an "opinion" in the same way as you denounce
people's semantic deductions in this thread as simply "opinions". :-P
--
White Flame (aka David Holz)
http://www.white-flame.com/
(spamblock in effect)