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   Jef Poskanzer :batman: (jef@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 20-Dec-2024 03:27:02 JST Jef Poskanzer :batman:

   For some reason "Is HTML a programming language?" discourse has resurfaced this morning. So, I just want to say:

   ASCII is a programming language. It's a program that runs on a terminal. It's a sequence of bits that directs a display device to show specific images.

   And don't even get me started on Unicode. It's the poster child for Accidentally Turing-Complete.

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     jwz (jwz@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 20-Dec-2024 03:27:01 JST jwz

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     @jef Is HTML a Christmas movie?

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     Jef Poskanzer :batman: (jef@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 21-Dec-2024 02:52:45 JST Jef Poskanzer :batman:

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     @jwz Unicode is a sandwich