• mp04610@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    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.

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      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.