[opendtv] Re: Apple dashes hopes of Flash on iPhone
- From: Kon Wilms <konfoo@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 11:25:17 -0700
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 9:49 AM, <dan.grimes@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> dan.grimes wrote:"...will actually be programmed within the HTML5 language."
>
> Kon Wilms wrote: "HTML5 is not a language."
>
> Could you explain this a little further? I thought the "L" in "HTML" was for
> language, so I called it one.
>
> I learned a good portion of HTML3 and some of XHTML1.0. It sure writes like
> a "language" to me. But of course, it is at a higher level than a
> programming language, like C. But then C (and it's updates) is higher than
> an assembly language which is higher than a machine language. I would ask,
> how high of a level does one go before it is not officially a language? Or
> am I going down the wrong path?
It is markup language -- the two words are not mutually exclusive.
Furthermore, 'language' is used in the loosest sense possible. You may
as well substitute 'text' for it. It is not capable of any form of
logic or retention. If I scrawl a bunch of O's and X's on a rock and
add a full stop, does that make it a language? Perhaps in the caveman
world. But *not* in the computing world. Therein lies the
differentiation. Ask any developer and they will share the same
opinion.
Regarding differentiation of assembly/C/etc. :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programming_language_generations
Cheers
Kon
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