Quote: "However, if you are configuring an application by setting its preferences, or an operating system by manipulating its system files, or a webpage by mark

Quote: "However, if you are configuring an application by setting its preferences, or an operating system by manipulating its system files, or a webpage by marking up its text with HTML, anything that will set up the future behavior of the computer to accomplish something for you, then these are activities that are so closely akin to anything essential that can be said about what programming is, that I no longer see the point in trying to forge a distinction." Not programming, not programming and, yes, not programming.