@cm0002@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev • 1 year agoNot incorrect.mander.xyzimagemessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1427arrow-down114cross-posted to: programmerhumor@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1413arrow-down1imageNot incorrect.mander.xyz@cm0002@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev • 1 year agomessage-square64fedilinkcross-posted to: programmerhumor@lemmy.ml
minus-square@Naich@lemmings.worldlinkfedilink1•1 year agoI always thought that programs had to be compiled to be classed as programs.
minus-squareThe Ramen Dutchmanlinkfedilink15•1 year agoThat’s just the difference between compiled and interpreted. Interpreted programs such as web apps can very much be programs, after all.
minus-square@prettybunnys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink1•1 year agoInterpreted languages have classically been called scripting languages, it’s pedantic but it has use and meaning in the industry.
minus-square@mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-21 year agoI am telling scripting languages are programming languages. And also html is not even a scripting language
minus-square@masterspace@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-21 year agoThere is no purpose to mislabeling something and speaking inaccurately in a professional setting.
minus-square@Naich@lemmings.worldlinkfedilink-1•1 year agoPedantic correct. The best type of correct.
minus-square@masterspace@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-21 year 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.
how is a script not a program??
I always thought that programs had to be compiled to be classed as programs.
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.
I am telling scripting languages are programming languages. And also html is not even a scripting language
There is no purpose to mislabeling something and speaking inaccurately in a professional setting.
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.
Nerds like to push this narrative