Describe your favorite Programming Language in the worst way possible

TechNerd64

This programming language was used to vote, but had some reliability problems. It didn't allow users to interact with the system while it was running due to its system of input. This language was/is used for input and output. Lastly, this programming language is still used on a musical instrument, but it's coded in reverse.

Good Luck!

rdococ

A language that's all about asking about the weather. I think.

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TechNerd64 wrote:
This programming language was used to vote, but had some reliability problems. It didn't allow users to interact with the system while it was running due to its system of input. This language was/is used for input and output. Lastly, this programming language is still used on a musical instrument, but it's coded in reverse.

Good Luck!

…Fortran?

Last edited by rdococ (Nov. 10, 2024 03:37:01)

TechNerd64

rdococ wrote:
A language that's all about asking about the weather. I think.

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TechNerd64 wrote:
This programming language was used to vote, but had some reliability problems. It didn't allow users to interact with the system while it was running due to its system of input. This language was/is used for input and output. Lastly, this programming language is still used on a musical instrument, but it's coded in reverse.

Good Luck!
…Fortran?

Sorry, Incorrect

HINT: Yo use this language somebody had to punch in data.

TechNerd64

To not Yo*

BigNate469

TechNerd64 wrote:
This programming language was used to vote, but had some reliability problems. It didn't allow users to interact with the system while it was running due to its system of input. This language was/is used for input and output. Lastly, this programming language is still used on a musical instrument, but it's coded in reverse.

Good Luck!

Punch cards?

TechNerd64

BigNate469 wrote:
TechNerd64 wrote:
This programming language was used to vote, but had some reliability problems. It didn't allow users to interact with the system while it was running due to its system of input. This language was/is used for input and output. Lastly, this programming language is still used on a musical instrument, but it's coded in reverse.

Good Luck!
Punch cards?

Correct!

Guess my hint was a bit to obvious

blubby4

TechNerd64 wrote:
BigNate469 wrote:
TechNerd64 wrote:
This programming language was used to vote, but had some reliability problems. It didn't allow users to interact with the system while it was running due to its system of input. This language was/is used for input and output. Lastly, this programming language is still used on a musical instrument, but it's coded in reverse.

Good Luck!
Punch cards?
Correct! Guess my hint was a bit to obvious

Punch cards aren't really a language… that's like saying ASCII or UTF-8 is a language. They're more of a medium in which to store information.

BigNate469

blubby4 wrote:
TechNerd64 wrote:
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Punch cards aren't really a language… that's like saying ASCII or UTF-8 is a language. They're more of a medium in which to store information.

By your logic binary also isn't a programming language, only a medium in which to store information.

We're dealing with information technology. All programming languages could be considered a medium in which to store instruction-related information, and all programming languages have read/write capability (of something), and therefore can store arbitrary information. It all gets compiled down to binary in the end anyways.

Jonathan50

BigNate469 wrote:
By your logic binary also isn't a programming language

Yes, that's correct.

only a medium in which to store information.

We're dealing with information technology. All programming languages could be considered a medium in which to store instruction-related information, and all programming languages have read/write capability (of something), and therefore can store arbitrary information.

A programming language at least has some link between syntax and executable semantics. It's like equating the Latin alphabet with English. If you like you could say “all programming languages are mediums for storing information,” but that's irrelevant, since it doesn't follow all mediums for storing information are programming languages. I can tell you “do the number 42,” but you'll be confused unless we agreed ahead of time what the number 42 represents.

It all gets compiled down to binary in the end anyways.

Well here you seem to be conflating “binary” with machine code (though I expect you know the difference).

Anyway, a punch card could have Fortran on it, or it could have assembly, or probably even just arbitrary data, right? You still need to know what it is in order for it to be useful.

Last edited by Jonathan50 (Nov. 12, 2024 06:02:44)

scratch_hellopizza

It's the language that is based on DTDs and forms the framework of HTML.

mybearworld

scratch_hellopizza wrote:
(#210)
It's the language that is based on DTDs and forms the framework of HTML.

XML?

Maximouse

mybearworld wrote:
scratch_hellopizza wrote:
(#210)
It's the language that is based on DTDs and forms the framework of HTML.
XML?

I think SGML (the predecessor of both HTML and XML) fits the description better.

TechNerd64

blubby4 wrote:
TechNerd64 wrote:
BigNate469 wrote:
TechNerd64 wrote:
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Punch cards?
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Punch cards aren't really a language… that's like saying ASCII or UTF-8 is a language. They're more of a medium in which to store information.

I agree with you. Punch cards were a form inputting the programming on old machines. This makes them a form of storage and a form of programming in my mind because punch cards had their own special codes you had to punch on the card. But due to them also being used as a output method, There use was probably more on the storage side of computers instead of the programming. So, I think saying it's a storage medium is a valid point.

BigNate469

Relatively Obscure.

TechNerd64

BigNate469 wrote:
Relatively Obscure.

Is this a statement or a description of a programming language?

Last edited by TechNerd64 (Nov. 12, 2024 19:09:12)

BigNate469

TechNerd64 wrote:
BigNate469 wrote:
Relatively Obscure.
Is this a statement or a description of a programming language.

Description of a programming language.

Last edited by BigNate469 (Nov. 12, 2024 19:09:32)

mybearworld

BigNate469 wrote:
(#214)
Relatively Obscure.

That's just Obscure

blubby4

BigNate469 wrote:
blubby4 wrote:
TechNerd64 wrote:
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Punch cards aren't really a language… that's like saying ASCII or UTF-8 is a language. They're more of a medium in which to store information.
By your logic binary also isn't a programming language, only a medium in which to store information.

We're dealing with information technology. All programming languages could be considered a medium in which to store instruction-related information, and all programming languages have read/write capability (of something), and therefore can store arbitrary information. It all gets compiled down to binary in the end anyways.

But binary isn't a programming language, it's a number system!

teamsonic2011

PaxtonPenguin wrote:
teamsonic2011 wrote:
limbless reptile
Python?

Yeah

BigNate469

mybearworld wrote:
BigNate469 wrote:
(#214)
Relatively Obscure.
That's just Obscure

Correct!

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