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My definition of programming is just a definition that is capable of describing every programming language I've seen. If programming is not giving commands to a
by moistgorilla 14y ago
My definition of programming is just a definition that is capable of describing every programming language I've seen. If programming is not giving commands to a computer then what is it?
- georgieporgie 14y agoIs typing 'dir' or 'ls' at a command prompt programming? Am I programming if I double-click on a folder or enter a web page URL?
- drcube 14y agoI'd argue yes. Microsoft Word is a domain specific language for formatting documents. Just because you can't create an OS with it doesn't mean you aren't telling a computer what to do using gestures and keystrokes that you had to learn first. Every day user tasks are just very high level programming, with limited power compared to general purpose languages.