Re: Where does programming begin?

On Sep 25, 5:50 pm, Tom Impelluso <impel...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
So are you saying that since, in Matlab or Labview, it is the
PROGRAM (called Matlab,Labview) that is making the decision, that
it is NOT programming?

But if we program in C/FORTRAN/ADA/whatever, we are directly
telling the computer what to do... then that is programming?

I am sure someone can argue. IS there relativism buried in this
definition? I am not baiting... I really want to press you so
I understand what the definition is.


Please don't top post.

No, he said no such thing. MATLAB (the program you buy) is just the
interpreter for the MATLAB programming language. The decisions are
those coded by the MATLAB programmer. That happens to be implemented
by the MATLAB program/interpreter, but that fact is not actually
relevant in any way.

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