Re: Definitions - What are yours?

On Jul 31, 10:16 am, Betov <be...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
"rh...@xxxxxxxxxx" <rh...@xxxxxxxxxx> écrivaitnews:1185900194.392324.287510@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

HLA has built-in macros for things like an IF statement

Of course, but not only, clown. If this was only that,
HLA would be a compiler for Assembly Language. What it
will never be: An HLL cannot be a Compiler for Assembly
Language. Period.


A HLL is an abstract concept. It cannot be a "compiler" or any other
program for that matter. You really need to learn the difference
between a language and an implementation of that language.

HLA, the language, is an assembly language.
HLA v1.x, the program, is a compiler for that assembly language, ergo,
an assembler.

If you want to argue that HLA v1.x, the program, is not an assembler,
then the task before you is to prove that HLA is not an assembly
language.
hLater,
Randy Hyde

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