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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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