Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2003 12:44:36 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1045161877.201bc8@mired.org> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: northern snowfall <dbailey27@ameritech.net>, chat@freebsd.org, matrix@altima.net Subject: Re: languages Message-ID: <15941.20500.925676.52788@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <3E4521B8.5000504@potentialtech.com> References: <200302072309.AA423166622@altima.net> <15940.38588.692767.171995@guru.mired.org> <3E44980B.20607@ameritech.net> <15940.39707.55965.640089@guru.mired.org> <3E4521B8.5000504@potentialtech.com>
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In <3E4521B8.5000504@potentialtech.com>, Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> typed: > [Redirected to chat, becuase ... well, you know] Thank you. > > How about HTML, XML and WML? > I'm surprised that you consider these "languages". I lump then in the > catagory of "data formats". I've even seen some people call them > "protocols" as they resemble that more than a language. It says they are languages right in the name - markup languages. I don't consider them programming languages, though. It's possible to define a programming language in XML - I know, I've programmed in one. Given that, it's hard not to consider them as languages. > > Seriously, this is just idle speculation until the OP bothers to tell > > us what he intends to use the knowledge for. > It's odd that we haven't heard from him since the first post. Someone > else speculated that he was trying to start a long-winded conversation, > and I suspect that may be the case. Not that I mind, but it doesn't > belong on questions@. That someone else was me. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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