None of these

[weird@sub.wetshaving.social]

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[flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz]

All of these?

[im_old@lemmy.world]

Not really, it's a formatting language.

Yes, I'm fun at parties. In my head

[gronk@aussie.zone]

Man this question would sink me because of the misnomer that HTML is a programming language.

[ethalis@jlai.lu]

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

[dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world]

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.

[dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world]

What really has my brain in a knot is: Does option "D: None of these" include or exclude option D?

This statement is false.

[kolanaki@pawb.social]

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?

[simulation6@sopuli.xyz]

How is Hyper Text Markup Language not a programming language? Now JavaScript and CSS are arcane rituals, but html is well behaved.

[qubaxr@lemmy.world]

A "Markup Language" to be precise. HyperText Markup Language.

Yea my parties are the best parties, too.

[venus_ziegenfalle@feddit.org]

When I tell you it's gonna sound obvious but it's because you don't use it to write programs. It's a formatting tool more than anything.

[argh_another_username@lemmy.ca]

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”.

[moonlight6205@lemm.ee]

Can someone clarify what the answer should be and what was the answer on the show?

[argh_another_username@lemmy.ca]

HTML doesn’t have IF or loops. It’s just formatting text.

[_cnt0@sh.itjust.works]

Do you program a document in Word?

• macros excluded

[kolanaki@pawb.social]

What about Excel? First reply I got said it has to make programs, right? I can make a Tetris clone in Excel.

[guidy@lemmy.world]

It’s right there in the name: it’s a markup language. Hyper Text Markup Language. HTML.

[chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world]

Don’t worry. They interview you before these shows. If you’re at all tech savvy then they would never ask you this question. They want you to be stumped by the question for legitimate reasons, not to loudly protest that you’ve been cheated by a bad question.

[lnxtx@feddit.nl]

Or address them:

Either* A, B, C;

[andymfk@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

How is it a programming language? It's a markup language. There's no logic, variables or any way to manipulate data.