Re: Experience (was: while-question)

At 10:49 PM +0000 11/17/08, Ashley Sheridan wrote:

So just trolling here, but do conditional comments in HTML make it a programming language? :p

Why not? Sure, it's a mark-up language but if you don't program it right, it will screw up -- it's just more forgiving than most. Also, CSS is a programming language and it doesn't have any conditional branching other than browser hacks. If you think either of those two are not languages, then I think you're underestimating their power. I think the division between what is/isn't a computer language is somewhat blurred today as compared as to what it used to be. I remember we had the types who said that if you weren't programming on a mainframe, then you weren't programming. Others said if it's not compiled, then it's not a real application either. Both statement were equally lame. There has always been (probably always will be) those who want to separate people into different camps based upon their opinion -- but so what? Who cares? I don't. Over the years, I've had an assortment of clients who knew nothing about computer languages, but insisted on a specific language because of their limited understanding. I even had one client where I provided the end application that did everything he wanted, but he refused to consider it because if was written in a language that his friends thought too basic. Yes it was BASIC, but it worked better than the C++ crap that his programmers eventually developed two years later. My position -- give me a problem and get out of my way while I solve it. Some clients have problems with that and other don't. The ones that don't usually get a better product. Cheers, tedd -- ------- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com