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

["Randy McLaughlin" <randy@nospam.com>]

"White Flame (aka David Holz)" <whiteflame52@y.a.h.o.o.com> wrote in message
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> "Randy McLaughlin" <randy@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> > 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)

The reference I was refering to and made obvious in context was a standard
published reference recognized as an industry standard.

The fact that you can refer to another person and that person gives an
opinion is nice.  The fact that colleges and universities through out the
world can not agree upon it just shows there is no standard, no matter who
personally does or not agree one way or the other.