On Sun, 2009-01-11 at 11:44 +1000, Murray wrote: > I don't know why, but I always baulk when I see HTML and, for example, XML > etc described as a 'language'. > > I may well be wrong, but these always seem to be more appropriately > described as a 'syntax' rather than a 'language', at least in the computer > science sense. Of course, maybe these are essentially synonymous, but > 'language' has always implied to me a more active role, so that PHP would be > a language, while HTML would be a syntax. > > Just thinking out loud. > > M is for Murray > > > On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 2:04 AM, Nathan Rixham <nrixham@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > HTML is a markup language used to describe the structure of a document; > > presentation of HTML is controlled by either a client, with optional > > instructions via attributes (bad) or css (good) I think you are thinking of language being synonymous with programming language, which HTML isn't really. What it is, is a computer language. Subtle difference, but difference, I believe, there is. Also, the name kind of gives it away ;) Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
