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Why HTML is not considered as a programming language ?

15th Oct 2017, 6:37 AM
yuvaraj uppala
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Because it merely a *markup language* without any logic. You can write anything you want and the browser engine will try its best to render the web page without any complain.
15th Oct 2017, 8:26 AM
Zephyr Koo
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HTML means Hyper Text Markup Language
15th Oct 2017, 6:55 AM
Samudi Virasha
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Because it doesnt have a functional purpose like programming languages generally have. E.g. you cant do maths, there is no expression logic, etc... This article goes into detail: https://ischool.syr.edu/infospace/2012/04/05/why-html-is-not-a-programming-language/
15th Oct 2017, 8:12 AM
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