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RE: RE: Declarative programming requires a different mindset

• From: "Michael Kay" <mike@s...>
• To: "'Max Toro'" <maxtoroq@g...>,<xml-dev@l...>
• Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 20:40:05 +0100

> >  "XHTML is a declarative programming language."
> >
> > It's not a programming language.
> 
> Why not? it's write-only. You are telling the computer what 
> to do. 

Well, perhaps there are people who think that when they type a postcode into
a satnav, they are programming a computer. In my book they aren't. In my
view, the essence of programming is computational (or Turing-) completeness.

Regards,

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
http://twitter.com/michaelhkay 

• References:
  • RE: Declarative programming requires a different mindset
    • From: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@m...>
  • Re: RE: Declarative programming requires a different mindset
    • From: Michael Ludwig <milu71@g...>
  • Re: RE: Declarative programming requires a different mindset
    • From: Max Toro <maxtoroq@g...>