It’s in the name, it’s a markup languge. Html sites are basically just over-formatted text.
That question just gave me anxiety. That is exactly the type of question I would get. Technically it’s not but does the people who wrote that think that? Is it a trap question or a smart question? Omg I gotta not think about this anymore…
Exactly, maybe the person who wrote it thinks its a programming language, maybe machine language is defined as a language that can be interpreted by a machine.
Well what the fuck is a machine language?
Is is data transmitted between parties (machines) to convey information? HTML fits this definition.
Do they mean machine code? Because some call machine code “machine language”.
Either way the answer is D.
Man this question would sink me because of the misnomer that HTML is a programming language.
It’s basically gambling on the nerdiness of the question’s writer. Do they think HTML is a programming language? Do they know that people think it’s a programming language and trying to trap them? Do they know it’s not a programming language but also know most people would think it is one and so are using the common, loose definition of a programming language in order not to trap people?
My brain would melt
If the question writer was aware, they would have formulated the question differently. It’s just not clear-cut whether HTML is a programming language or not, so you wouldn’t be quizzing their knowledge, but rather just whether they hold the same opinion as you. Or whether they meta-gamed correctly. Neither of which make for a fun show…
Mine wouldn’t.
It is a quiz, they know what they are talking about if they put the question in. And if they don’t, you get to call out the quiz master for being wrong.
But I’d rather have the million dollars than the satisfaction of calling out the show for being wrong.
I would challenge the question right there and demand an expert counsel to explain why HyperTextMarkupLanguage is classified as a programming language when it’s not even Turing complete. It’s a markup language. Security would have to drag me, I’d die on the specificity hill.
How is Hyper Text Markup Language not a programming language? Now JavaScript and CSS are arcane rituals, but html is well behaved.
How is it a programming language? It’s a markup language. There’s no logic, variables or any way to manipulate data.
It is in the name. It is a markup language, not a programming/scripting language.
Can you write a program in HTML?
I would loudly go on the record for my reasoning that Hypertext Markup Language is not Turing Complete, and therefore fails to be a programming language by the only academic and theoretical definition that matters.
They already are going to award me “lawyer up” money, so I’ll come after them for damages later if B is the "right’ answer.
wrong again! CSS is turing complete, and HTML can include inline CSS, so you can implement a Turing machine in HTML only (without external .js files)
I fucking hate these kinds of questions. D is the CORRECT answer because TECHNICALLY html is a markup language and not a programming language but the average person irl will just call you a dipshit for trying to explain that. If this were a question on a shitty academic exam, its going to be a 50/50 toss up on which will get counted as correct because the Autograder Bot Knows All™ but you better not fucking use AI to get your low effort AI-generated homework done quicker because fuck you.
It’s right there in the name: it’s a markup language. Hyper Text Markup Language. HTML.
That’s the etymological fallacy. The name itself doesn’t determine the meaning. According to that logic, python isn’t a programming language either but a snake
I don’t even know why it wouldn’t/shouldn’t be considered a programming language. It’s a language, and it’s used to code instructions for something… What more does it need?
Do you program a document in Word?
- macros excluded
What really has my brain in a knot is: Does option “D: None of these” include or exclude option D?
This statement is false.
That’s why it should be “none of the above”. And if there’s a “all of the above”, it must come right before the “none of the above”.
Or address them:
Either* A, B, C;Is only A supposed to be a pointer?
