cm0002@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 3 months agoNot incorrect.mander.xyzimagemessage-square36linkfedilinkarrow-up125cross-posted to: programmerhumor@lemmy.ml
arrow-up125imageNot incorrect.mander.xyzcm0002@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 3 months agomessage-square36linkfedilinkcross-posted to: programmerhumor@lemmy.ml
minus-squareNaich@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoI always thought that programs had to be compiled to be classed as programs.
minus-squarecouch1potato@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoNerds like to push this narrative
minus-squareThe Ramen Dutchman@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoThat’s just the difference between compiled and interpreted. Interpreted programs such as web apps can very much be programs, after all.
minus-squareprettybunnys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoInterpreted languages have classically been called scripting languages, it’s pedantic but it has use and meaning in the industry.
minus-squaremasterspace@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 months agoThere is no purpose to mislabeling something and speaking inaccurately in a professional setting.
minus-squaremexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 months agoI am telling scripting languages are programming languages. And also html is not even a scripting language
minus-squareNaich@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoPedantic correct. The best type of correct.
minus-squaremasterspace@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 months agoNo, it’s not. It’s objectively inaccurate. A computer does not care whether the instructions it’s executing were compiled ahead of time or interpreted on the fly and they literally never have.
I always thought that programs had to be compiled to be classed as programs.
Nerds like to push this narrative
That’s just the difference between compiled and interpreted.
Interpreted programs such as web apps can very much be programs, after all.
Interpreted languages have classically been called scripting languages, it’s pedantic but it has use and meaning in the industry.
There is no purpose to mislabeling something and speaking inaccurately in a professional setting.
I am telling scripting languages are programming languages. And also html is not even a scripting language
Pedantic correct. The best type of correct.
No, it’s not. It’s objectively inaccurate.
A computer does not care whether the instructions it’s executing were compiled ahead of time or interpreted on the fly and they literally never have.