I did not think this was a hotly debated topic but, if you’re going to call HTML a programming language then you probably aren’t far from calling CSS a programming language and that is not a reality I’m willing to accept.
But CSS is a programming language: https://notlaura.com/css-is-a-programming-language/
The video presentation version of this is lots of fun too: https://youtu.be/dtddBM8s7xY
Ty for this. Good read
A programming language is a set of instructions written by a programmer to deliver instructions to the computer to perform and accomplish a task.
By that definition, HTML is a programming language.
HTML is an initialism for HyperText Markup Language. It’s purpose is to provide structure to data and cannot perform logic, the defining feature of programming languages.