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

Subject: Re: Low-level vs. High-level programming (was My First Computer)
From: Richard Plinston <riplin@Azonic.co.nz>
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 09:50:22 +1200
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Randy McLaughlin wrote:

> I admit that HTML is a very simple language, ...
> They follow an instruction sequence based upon programmed instructions.

Except HTML tags are _not_ 'an instruction to be carried out', they are 
merely tags indicating what the context is.

A '<h1> ..</h1>' tag is not a 'Make this large and bold' it is merely 'this 
is a heading of type 1, do what you want'.

The tags are descriptions of the text, not instructions on what to do.

The browser is free to render the text in any way it feels like, or the 
user has configured it to do. It may use the descriptions or it may ignore 
them.  Lynx, for example, will render the text quite differently from IE.

References:
- Computing Editorial (please read)
  - From: pap3@dana.ucc.nau.edu (Paul Allen Panks)
- Re: Low-level vs. High-level programming (was My First Computer)
  - From: "Randy McLaughlin" <randy@nospam.com>
- Re: Low-level vs. High-level programming (was My First Computer)
  - From: "Tjoff Tjonk" <tjoff@tjonk.now>
- Re: Low-level vs. High-level programming (was My First Computer)
  - From: "Randy McLaughlin" <randy@nospam.com>

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