HTML, the Programming Language (html-lang.org)

submitted 9 months ago by mac@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev

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Interesting language I saw over on HN. Never going to use it but still interesting to read about

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[-] theKalash@feddit.ch 32 points 9 months ago

"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should."

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 4 points 9 months ago

Why?

Spieltrieb

We're dealing with a monster

[-] b_crussin@programming.dev 18 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Wild that every command uses pre-existing html tags. Took me a bit to notice that

[-] pipe01@lemmy.pipe01.net 4 points 9 months ago

We are aware of the criticisms of GOTO, which, given a superficial understanding of the anchor tag in HTML, the programming language, may come to mind for some programmers (mainly juniors). A full response to this criticism is beyond the scope of this document, but, in summary: you are wrong

[-] blakeus12@hexbear.net 4 points 9 months ago

not a programmer but i feel if i used this the <> would be very annoying to type

[-] Lmaydev@programming.dev 2 points 9 months ago

It's also just stupidly verbose and there's no advantage to the extra text.

[-] einsteinx2@programming.dev 2 points 9 months ago

This is amazing, going to recommend this to my team as a JavaScript replacement on Monday!

[-] chaves@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago

What a nightmare! Makes me want to learn befunge.

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