Re: Command Languages Versus Programming Languages

In article <vejauu$186ln$1@dont-email.me>,  <Muttley@DastartdlyHQ.org> wrote:

On Mon, 14 Oct 2024 13:38:04 -0000 (UTC)
cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) boring babbled:

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|No.  It translates one computer _language_ to another computer
|_language_.  In the usual case, that's from a textual source
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Note that I said, "computer language", not "programming
language".  Being a human-readable language is not a requirement
for a computer language.

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Oh watch those goalpost moves with pedant set to 11. Presumably you
think the values of the address lines is a language too.

Dunno what to tell you: pretty sure you're the one who
asserted I meant something something I didn't write.

Your claim that "machine language" is not a "language" is simply
not true.  Your claim that a "proper" compiler must take the
shape you are pushing is also not true.

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If you say so.

Not just me.

- Dan C.