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		cnu on March 21, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What's your favorite text editor/IDE? HTML/CSS isn't a 'programming' language.

frobozz on March 21, 2011 | [–]

Or is it? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2300836

mduerksen on March 21, 2011 | [–]

Yes, they are, even if their style is not imperative but declarative.

AFAIK, there is no formal (canonical) definition of a programming language, but the first sentence of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programming_language pretty much nails it.

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