Hey..I like MSPaint... http://eckclan.sytes.net/mspaint.exeMichael 01 wrote:absolutely not. If there is one thing that really bothers me lately, its when people ask me what I do, and I tell them (besides my real job) that I do web design programming with php and databases, as well as graphic development, they always say "Yea, I program to." Of course, the statement leaves room for discussion, so I start rambling off twenty programming languages and they say "no..no...I do websites..you know...HTML....."
Oh...ok...and than of course the lecture leans towards how they can "hack" websites and really fondle their computer with these outrageous programs that sweep it for viruses and adware...like they have this computer thing down pat buddy....
In short, comparing HTML as a programming language within any realm of C++,C+,A+,php,CGI,pearl,visual basic,Ruby,ColdFusion, etc...etc.. would be like comparing MS Paint with Adobe photoshop as graphic engineering.
is html a programming language?
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Now according to everything I could find on programming language definitions, I would say that it is prolly closer to scripting then actual programming due to there being no structures such as conditionals, variable assignment or anything that makes up a programming language, it is however an interpreted language and it's interpreter is the browser, so it is, but, it isn't, it's the enigma of programming<language> A formal language in which computer programs are
written. The definition of a particular language consists of
both syntax (how the various symbols of the language may be
combined) and semantics (the meaning of the language
constructs).
Languages are classified as low level if they are close to
machine code and high level if each language statement
corresponds to many machine code instructions (though this
could also apply to a low level language with extensive use of
macros, in which case it would be debatable whether it still
counted as low level). A roughly parallel classification is
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fifth generation language.
Another major distinction is between imperative languages
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As an after thought it kills me also when someone tells me how they are a programmer because they know HTML, my reply, "spend 10-12 hours staring into 10's of thousands of lines of a C or C++ program to find a memory leak, the your a programmer', or "Really? what was the last self sufficient program you made in HTML?".
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i thought id finally stop running away from the potential flaming here but i fancy getting hot anyway
personally i think it is, to a certain extent anyway
its no C++ dont get me wrong, but my personal opinion is that it is, i am probably biased as its the first language i ever learned, but i believe it is
personally i think it is, to a certain extent anyway
its no C++ dont get me wrong, but my personal opinion is that it is, i am probably biased as its the first language i ever learned, but i believe it is
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You can do things with PHP that very much simulates C++. Functions, classes, conditions, operations, definitions etc...its all there. Because PHP has the basic engine of functions behind it, people assume that it really does not have the properties that define it as a stand alone language, however it all depends on the user, and what kind of library of functions or operations they wish to impose on their script that may have nothing to do with the actual PHP "behind the curtain" engine.DuFF wrote:No. Period. PHP isn't even a programming language in essence.
- A script is interpreted line by line every time it is run
- A true programming language is compiled from its human readable form(source code) into a machine readable form (binary code) which is delivered to the user as a program.
And......as far as MS paint goes, I give it credit, but nothing that is even considered a possible professional platform. MS paint has its strong points as it is quick, user friendly and yes, I did start out using it a long long time ago, but with todays new web standards, layers, feathering, gradients and the like, these can not be produced as effeciently or as graceful as the overwhelming and memory and hard disk hog Adobe.
Now..if someone were to suggest that Gimp is the <span style='color:blue' title='I'm naughty, are you naughty?'>smurf</span> to any of the two mentioned...a disagreement would ensue.
A good topic poll would be the comparison of the three graphic programs very similar to this poll...*me plants the seeds of possible anger filled discussion*