opening a text document to show a .txt file through a browser link

Nico Schuyt nschuyt at hotmail.com
Mon Dec 30 05:00:46 EST 2002


Mike Meyer wrote:
> "Nico Schuyt" writes:

>> Disagree with that. A HTML page is a set of command lines. When sent
>> to the interpreter, the browser, the result is shown on the screen.

> If HTML is programming, then a secretary composing a document in a
> word processor with a "save as HTML" option is programming.  I don't
> buy that for a minute.

Uuumm, is the fact that it's easy a criterium for not being a programming
language?
Not so sure about that. Fourth or fifth generation languages are almost as
simple as creating a Word document.
Besides, is a set of command lines a program? Most people seem to make that
association.





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