opening a text document to show a .txt file through a browser link
Nico Schuyt
nschuyt at hotmail.com
Mon Dec 30 16:12:54 EST 2002
Erik Max Francis wrote:
> Nico Schuyt wrote:
>> But now, write a document in binary code until it shows on the screen
>> like a complex Word document. Then again tell me that's not programming.
> Not sure where your "in binary code" comes from since that's not at
> issue here.
It's the difference between programming and using an program/application.
> We can settle this easily enough: How do you write a loop in HTML?
My statement was "A HTML page is a set of command lines. When sent to the
interpreter, the browser, the result is shown on the screen."
That's not equivalent to "programming language"
But:
Definition of "Programming language": A vocabulary and set of grammatical
rules for instructing a computer to perform specific tasks.
Doesn't say anything about a loop.
I admit I don't define HTML as a programming language. But it's a matter of
definition. In a DOS batch file you can't make loops but it comes pretty
close to programming.
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