• Eril@feddit.org
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    2 days ago

    You could make that argument for interpreted languages, I guess. But still I would say there is a difference between those languages and HTML. HTML just describes the layout of a website and CSS describes how this layout should be presented exactly. What I consider a programming language (and output a “computer program”) can do stuff like perform calculations, follow some control flow (e.g. conditions, loops, etc) and can handle user input/create output dynamically.

    Anyway, I’m just here to argue against people making my ad blocker illegal 🥴

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      2 days ago

      This is my *well akchually" moment of the day: CSS is technically turing complete and thus should be counted as a programming language

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        2 days ago

        True, you can technically compute anything in CSS with enough hacks—but if your boss asks you to implement a sorting algorithm in CSS, it’s probably time to question their sanity. So I acknowledge the “well akchually”, but still stand by my previous point😅