None of these

Man this question would sink me because of the misnomer that HTML is a programming language.
- It's basically gambling on the nerdiness of the question's writer. Do they think HTML is a programming language? Do they know that people think it's a programming language and trying to trap them? Do they know it's not a programming language but also know most people would think it is one and so are using the common, loose definition of a programming language in order not to trap people?
  My brain would melt
  
  Mine wouldn't.
  It is a quiz, they know what they are talking about if they put the question in. And if they don't, you get to call out the quiz master for being wrong.
  
  If the question writer was aware, they would have formulated the question differently. It's just not clear-cut whether HTML is a programming language or not, so you wouldn't be quizzing their knowledge, but rather just whether they hold the same opinion as you. Or whether they meta-gamed correctly. Neither of which make for a fun show...
- I would loudly go on the record for my reasoning that Hypertext Markup Language is not Turing Complete, and therefore fails to be a programming language by the only academic and theoretical definition that matters.
  They already are going to award me "lawyer up" money, so I'll come after them for damages later if B is the "right' answer.
  
  wrong again! CSS is turing complete, and HTML can include inline CSS, so you can implement a Turing machine in HTML only (without external .js files)
- Don’t worry. They interview you before these shows. If you’re at all tech savvy then they would never ask you this question. They want you to be stumped by the question for legitimate reasons, not to loudly protest that you’ve been cheated by a bad question.
- How is Hyper Text Markup Language not a programming language? Now JavaScript and CSS are arcane rituals, but html is well behaved.
  
  How is it a programming language? It's a markup language. There's no logic, variables or any way to manipulate data.
  
  Can you write a program in HTML?
  
  It is in the name. It is a markup language, not a programming/scripting language.

It’s right there in the name: it’s a markup language. Hyper Text Markup Language. HTML.
- How To Meet Ladies.
  
  ~~Huge Turd Must Laugh~~
  Huge Tongue Must Lick
- There is a difference between “markup language” and “programming language”.
  
  That's the point isn't it? Or did you mean that with a question mark attached?
  The only correct answer is D, and it got the least votes. 😋
- That's the etymological fallacy. The name itself doesn't determine the meaning. According to that logic, python isn't a programming language either but a snake
  
  Fun fact python was named after Monty python, not the snake.
  
  The name itself doesn't determine the meaning.
  The name in this case is defined by the meaning if you will. Programming languages are used to write programs. A HTML file is much closer to a PDF than to what can be considered a program.
  Also fun fact python is named after the comedy group Monty Python rather than the snake.
  
  Ok, but hear me out. Have you seen most Python code?
  
  Welcome to germany. Many name for new thing just description of thing. Why not more language do that? Very useful.

I fucking hate these kinds of questions. D is the CORRECT answer because TECHNICALLY html is a markup language and not a programming language but the average person irl will just call you a dipshit for trying to explain that. If this were a question on a shitty academic exam, its going to be a 50/50 toss up on which will get counted as correct because the Autograder Bot Knows All(TM) but you better not fucking use AI to get your low effort AI-generated homework done quicker because fuck you.
- Bro if someone called me a dipshit for a technicality in a contest where money is at stake? They are a dipshit. Being serious about the questions is the point.
- Thought exactly the same. I'd like to know how the legal side would look like. Let's say you say D. Could you go to court if they say it's wrong?
  
  Guessing you have to sign a release/arbitration/"suck it" agreement when you agree to come on the show.
- Next you're calling a word document a programming language (no, not VBA).
- Tell the moderator, let him ask production. You're not playing in a black box.
- And even D is a paradoxical non-answer.
  (Just like my D 🥲)
  
  I mean it could easily be considered a machine language

What really has my brain in a knot is: Does option "D: None of these" include or exclude option D?
This statement is false.
- That’s why it should be “none of the above”. And if there’s a “all of the above”, it must come right before the “none of the above”.
  
  They're not above. One of them is to the left.
  
  Or address them:
  C
  
  Either* A, B, C;
- It's clearly not the US version, so we should assume this is a translation error for the "none of these" instead of "none of the above" perhaps.

Ackshually it's a markup language not a programming language Picks D and loses $1 million
- wait D was not the correct answer?
  
  D is the correct answer, but do you trust a game show to know that?

That question just gave me anxiety. That is exactly the type of question I would get. Technically it's not but does the people who wrote that think that? Is it a trap question or a smart question? Omg I gotta not think about this anymore...
- Exactly, maybe the person who wrote it thinks its a programming language, maybe machine language is defined as a language that can be interpreted by a machine.

Well what the fuck is a machine language?
Is is data transmitted between parties (machines) to convey information? HTML fits this definition.
Do they mean machine code? Because some call machine code "machine language".
Either way the answer is D.

Can someone clarify what the answer should be and what was the answer on the show?
- There is a running joke that some people falsely consider HTML a programming language which it is not. So it's D. I didn't watch the show but I assume that's it and the joke is that the audience's majority took alien language
  
  Interestingly C and D are both programming languages. That is, there is a programming languages called C and another, D.
  I'll see myself out...

WYSIWYG has been around so long that people forget markup languages and batch text processing have been around for a long time. LaTeX and Groff seem to be the sole survivors.

It looks like this is a photo taken by a potato of a magazine photo that was taken by a potato

Not expected Amitabh Bacchan and Indian who wants to be a Millonaire or Kaun bane ga Crorepati. Lemmy has got me suprised. Also HTML is markup not a programming language.

Phones a friend = no one answers.

Is Machine Language even a well defined thing? I would think of assembly but I don't know where to draw the line
- stares at chatgpt all language is now machine language
- Hyper Text Machine Language
  This will be the next big thing. I’m going to write a Lemmy server in this.
  
  You could call it WebAssembly
- I've never heard the term. Only machine code, which i interpret as 1/0. Assembly should be a very low level programing language?
  
  Wikipedia, defines machine code and machine language too apparently.

All of these?
- Not really, it's a formatting language.
  Yes, I'm fun at parties. In my head 😅
  
  A "Markup Language" to be precise. HyperText Markup Language.
  Yea my parties are the best parties, too.

Ah yes, the humour effect bias. In case nobody noticed, everybody chose Alien Language.

HTML : Coding Language
there we go, nobody complians about programming languages

It's in the name, it's a markup languge. Html sites are basically just over-formatted text.

I don't even know why it wouldn't/shouldn't be considered a programming language. It's a language, and it's used to code instructions for something... What more does it need?
- When I tell you it's gonna sound obvious but it's because you don't use it to write programs. It's a formatting tool more than anything.
- HTML doesn’t have IF or loops. It’s just formatting text.
- Do you program a document in Word?
  macros excluded
  
  What about Excel? First reply I got said it has to make programs, right? I can make a Tetris clone in Excel. 🤣
- With a programming language you tell a computer what to do. With a markup language, which HTML is, you tell a computer what to show. Much different.
  You wouldn't want to mix them up. The precise distinction is what the web makes so beautifully scalable.
- Html does not contain instructions, just well ordered data. "schematics" if you may.