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Re:HTML is object code by wvenable on Saturday August 01, 2009 @10:12PM (#736968)
but it is always source code to the client

Source code is what people read/write, object code is what software & hardware reads/writes. HTML is always object code to the client.

HTML and CSS are still source code to most people -- most web sites are designed by designers who hand you off perfect static renderings before you tear them apart and plug them into whatever template engine you're using. But look at something like http://www.extjs.com -- the HTML is complete object code generated entirely using Javascript.

Re:HTML is object code by daleharvey on Saturday August 01, 2009 @10:21PM (#736982)
2 of those 3 'clients' were people (screen scrapers and client scripts). In order for either of these to exist the data needs to be in a code that can be read by people.
Re:HTML is object code by wvenable on Saturday August 01, 2009 @11:44PM (#737045)
So, your point is that programs can't process data if it isn't human readable?