• Fushuan [he/him]@lemm.ee
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    3 days ago

    I can write a .ini code where a value of a key is a binary that the interpreter runs. Are ini files a programming language? Hell no, and neither is html.

    Is R a compiled programming language because several of its built in functions run compiled C code? No.

    • Ziglin (it/they)@lemmy.world
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      The point in that case would be that while not intended it could be used as a programming language. The R example seems unrelated. Every language must run compiled code at one point or else the CPU wouldn’t know what to do.