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Update July 2017

20 Thursday Jul 2017

Posted by Wyrd Smythe in Blog

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computer languages, computer programmer, data, Matplotlib, NOAA, programming language, Python, Pythonista, SQL, SQLite, xkcd

In the unlikely event anyone is reading this, and, more in the original spirit of “web logs“, as much a diary entry to record both the passing of time and the moment, after a long period of quiet, and in the long-winded run-on way that I sometimes have, a post.

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HTML is not a programming language!

22 Monday Dec 2014

Posted by Wyrd Smythe in CS101

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computer code, computer language, computer languages, CSS, data, data type, HTML, Java, JavaScript, programming language, variables

A webpage is a text document written in HTML. This document may also contain CSS and/or JavaScript, but it’s basically an HTML text document. You could write one — including the CSS and JavaScript — using just a pencil and paper.

Despite not needing a computer to write, all three are computer languages — they are languages used by, understood by, computers (and trained humans). However only one of those (JavaScript) is a programming language.

This is a brief explanation of which is which and why.

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Data, Text and Strings (oh, my!)

15 Tuesday Apr 2014

Posted by Wyrd Smythe in Opinion

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computer languages, computer programming, computer science, data, data type, data types, strings, text, text file

The Strings and Text are not the same post on Musing Mortoray discusses the difference between “text” and “strings” and got me thinking. Rather than weigh down his (or her) comment section with a very long comment, I thought I’d go on a bit about it here.

I agree totally with the basic premise: that “text” and “strings” are different beasts. I also agree that text-handling depends on the text. There might be some difference in how we define text and string, and thinking about how I define them turned up a lot of thoughts on the matter. This isn’t intended as an opposition post (except on one point with regard to HTML). What follows is just one programmer’s opinion.

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