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

["Kurt Koller" <kk@coinop.org>]

not to throw more water on this out of control grease fire, but you'd have a
hard time making "PONG" in RPG but RPG is still a programming language.

Kurt Koller Developer / Hacker Minimalist, Inc. http://minimalist.com/
Coinop.org http://coinop.org/


"wildstar" <wildstar128@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Randy McLaughlin" <randy@nospam.com> wrote in news:jGdIa.14004$nx5.10251
> @fe05.atl2.webusenet.com:
>
> > Nowhere in your improper definition of programming does it require an
> > internal state and as for the sequence of operations that is exactly
what
> > HTML code is.
>
> Your definition of a program is inaccurate. Whoever wrote that definition
> gave a raw and very bland definition. HTML is a document layout/formatting
> script. HTML is more a script language then a real programming language.
> HTML is for formatting the layout of a web-document. More powerful script
> languages are used to do mathematics.
>
> For example, show me an HTML that does not use any forms of script
> languages including PHP that does mathematics. The rule is use pure HTML
> tags. At the same time, show me an HTML page that gives the user the
> ability to control a rectangular paddle and move it around to bounce a
> ball. Hey, make a "PONG" game in HTML (no script languages allowed) - only
> pure HTML. NO PHP.
>