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Re:HTML Is a Programming Language. Fight Me by lcnPylGDnU4H9OF on Friday January 10, 2025 @12:58PM (#42658034)
It's not about "calling GCC a C browser" but recognizing that a "document" and a "program" are not mutually exclusive. Is HTML as a static document really so different from cards with holes punched through them (literally paper documents)?
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Re:HTML Is a Programming Language. Fight Me by bowsamic on Friday January 10, 2025 @02:10PM (#42658915)
You’re just repeating what I said in the first comment, that they’re totally interchangeable and that the distinction is arbitrary
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