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Posted by Ben C on 04/18/07 07:11
On 2007-04-17, Jon Slaughter <Jon_Slaughter@Hotmail.com> wrote:
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> "Jon Slaughter" <Jon_Slaughter@Hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:33cVh.4535$H_5.2665@newssvr23.news.prodigy.net...
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>> "Ben C" <spamspam@spam.eggs> wrote in message
>> news:slrnf2ahsu.hi7.spamspam@bowser.marioworld...
>>> On 2007-04-17, Jon Slaughter <Jon_Slaughter@Hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> [...]
>>>> Well, My issue is not learning it so much but I guess I get pissed when
>>>> I
>>>> run into trouble and they do it in such a contorted way. Languages are
>>>> suppose to be about making things easier and not more difficult.
>>>>
>>>> As far as I'm concerned I'd rather use JS as atleast it is a programming
>>>> language. But ofcourse then it limits my user base. Why not just use a
>>>> lite
>>>> version of JS that removes all the main issues with it that people don't
>>>> like instead of comming up with an entirely new way(and then another and
>>>> another).
>>>
>>> One of the issues with it people might not like is the very fact that it
>>> is a programming language. I might not want to allow just any old
>>> program written by anyone to run on my computer. But I mind less reading
>>> their HTML documents or letting them make suggestions about how they
>>> should be laid out in stylesheets.
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>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programming_language
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>> Its not a programming language. Its not a functional language. Its an
>> imperative language.
>
> I guess thats wrong. I guess one can't argue and say its not a programming
> language. But its more of a descriptive language than a functional
> language. There are no storage(or limited) capabilities and no operational
> precedence except the fixed recurisive child selectors syntax. So while it
> might be a computer programming language its a very limited one.
You're talking about CSS, I was talking about JS. I wouldn't call CSS a
programming language at all.
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