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

["Tjoff Tjonk" <tjoff@tjonk.now>]

On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 16:25:23 -0700, White Flame (aka David Holz) wrote:

> "Tjoff Tjonk" <tjoff@tjonk.now> wrote in message
> pan.2003.06.20.21.56.59.127817@tjonk.now">news:pan.2003.06.20.21.56.59.127817@tjonk.now...
>> On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 22:49:18 +0000, Kelly Hall wrote:
>> > This just represents the state of the game with a zillion files in the
>> > directory of a server somewhere, and uses the HTTP protocol for
> sequencing.
>>
>> Exactly.
> 
> and, hence, isn't HTML.

A bunch of HTML pages surely is HTML. What else would it be?

You don't need to use HTML to make such a Pong game, though. You could
just as well use millions of VHS tapes and record every possible ball and
paddle placement, and then play the correct frames on your TV. Finding the
right frame on a VHS cassette is a bit harder than finding the right file
on a web server, however :-)