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Joel D Canfield
joel at spinhead.com
Thu Sep 18 21:45:20 CDT 2003
> > : Authoring HTML and CSS are not programming any more than
<snip>
> According to Merriam-Webster OnLine (http://www.m-w.com):
>
> --------------------
>
> program
>
> 2 : to work out a sequence of operations to be performed by (a
> mechanism) : provide with a program
> 3 a : to insert a program for (a particular action) into or
> as if into a mechanism
>
> --------------------
>
> HTML has nothing to do with operations or mechanisms; HTML
> only marks up
> (describes) data.
>
> HTML does provide a few attributes so that functionality may
> be added to a document, but the actual functionality is not
> accomplished by HTML.
>
> Therefore, writing HTML is not programming.
gah! Of course you're correct. My feeble old brain was thinking of
scripting languages and things definitely *not* HTML and CSS, which was
*exactly* what was being discussed.
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