At 10:49 PM +0000 11/17/08, Ashley Sheridan wrote:
So just trolling here, but do conditional comments in HTML make it a
programming language? :p
Why not?
Sure, it's a mark-up language but if you don't program it right, it
will screw up -- it's just more forgiving than most. Also, CSS is a
programming language and it doesn't have any conditional branching
other than browser hacks. If you think either of those two are not
languages, then I think you're underestimating their power.
I think the division between what is/isn't a computer language is
somewhat blurred today as compared as to what it used to be.
I remember we had the types who said that if you weren't programming
on a mainframe, then you weren't programming. Others said if it's not
compiled, then it's not a real application either. Both statement
were equally lame.
There has always been (probably always will be) those who want to
separate people into different camps based upon their opinion -- but
so what? Who cares? I don't.
Over the years, I've had an assortment of clients who knew nothing
about computer languages, but insisted on a specific language because
of their limited understanding. I even had one client where I
provided the end application that did everything he wanted, but he
refused to consider it because if was written in a language that his
friends thought too basic. Yes it was BASIC, but it worked better
than the C++ crap that his programmers eventually developed two years
later.
My position -- give me a problem and get out of my way while I solve
it. Some clients have problems with that and other don't. The ones
that don't usually get a better product.
Cheers,
tedd
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