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KirtanKumar Nayee
KirtanKumar Nayee
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Posted by KirtanKumar Nayee
KirtanKumar Nayee
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what is programming language though ?

in this video it says mark up language is not same as programming language. So first i want to know that what is programming language ?

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rdaniels
rdaniels
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rdaniels
rdaniels
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A programming language is a formal constructed language designed to communicate instructions to a machine, particularly a computer. Programming languages can be used to create programs to control the behavior of a machine or to express algorithms. A markup language is a system for annotating a document in a way that is syntactically distinguishable from the text. The idea and terminology evolved from the "marking up" of paper manuscripts, i.e., the revision instructions by editors, traditionally written with a blue pencil on authors' manuscripts. Resource: Wikipedia