RE: [xml-dev] RE: Declarative programming requires a different mindset

From
Michael Kay <>
To
'Max Toro' <>,
Date
2010-04-14T19:40:05Z
ID
<50620FA04FD74CF588FB501F8F44E610@Sealion>
Thread
RE: [xml-dev] RE: Declarative programming requires a different mindset
> >  "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