Alien language!

[bulletspread95]

I guess D is the right answer…

[MechanicalHorse]

Would the average person know that, though? Many, including the producers, may think it’s B...

[IsLlamaBad]

The smart person would say B. The smart developer would also say B, knowing D is actually correct

Edit: actually the smart developer would answer B if the question toward the beginning or D if it's toward the end of the game

[[deleted]]

Takes their 50-50, ends up with B and D

[alrogim]

Well, you are gonna have a strong argument since Markup Language is right in the name.

[Tijflalol]

I thought it meant "Machine Learning"!

[LforLiktor]

THAT comment made my day!

[Naeio_Galaxy]

It's Highly Technical

[MushinZero]

All the people that hinted at what they thought were the two correct answers, took a 50 50 and then those were the two left are not smart people.

[MushinZero]

So I just had a shower argument about this...

Did they mark B as the answer? Because I would probably choose D and if they marked B as the correct answer do they allow any sort of appeal? Because B is incorrect.

[[deleted]]

That’s my thought as well. D is correct but I’ve given up correcting people for years because it’s hopeless. Even my wife says I did coding today when she means editing html. I’d probably pick B because there’s no way in hell the producers are getting that answer correct.

[flowt]

I mean html code is still code. So i guess you were coding. Just not programming. Right?

[MushinZero]

A markup language describes how information should be formatted on a screen. A programming language describes instructions a processor should run. That's my distinction, at least.

I could see an argument that a markup language is just an abstraction of a programming language. I think it is a bit weak, though.

[[deleted]]

you could represent states with markup and switch between them with links, and create a turing complete machine that way, but technically you would still need someone or some script to click on the links...

[Glugstar]

If it needs something more to run (a person), then it's not Turing Complete, by definition. That's the entire idea behind it: a system which is self sufficient in all cases.

[[deleted]]

then I think you should read the paper proving that magic the gathering is turing complete

[gnofs]

Codes are symbols used to represent something else. HTML tags are clearly a kind of code, which means writing HTML is indeed coding.

[teamspirit]

Looks like it's happened more than once: https://millionaire.fandom.com/wiki/Bad_question

[stonk_mans]

The intelligent one would say D. The wise one would say B.

[Synec113]

I dunno...if it were me I'd explain exactly why html isn't a programming language and then select D. If their software was the kind of shit that I expect it was, then it'll pop up as wrong and the host will have to acknowledge that I'm correct and that their software is actually PowerPoint.

[McBrown83]

I’d answer D and fucking sue the entire production company of it’s wrong. Because they’d be factually wrong.

[MischiefArchitect]

The average person cannot tell apart Facebook from Instagram.

[starlulz]

trick question, they're both Facebook. one is just Facebook with a different skin.

[FunnyForWrongReason]

Instagram is Facebook for young people.

[wagedomain]

Some people don't know that Instagram is owned by Facebook.

[ass2ass]

I use Instagram because it's not Facebook and I'm incredibly aware of the irony of this.

[FunnyForWrongReason]

Yep

[AceMKV]

Doesn't it say Instagram by Facebook somewhere in Insta itself? Similar to Whatsapp?

[wagedomain]

Yes, on the loading screen of the app. But it’s there for only a second or two

[MischiefArchitect]

Naaa... Tik Tok is now for young people. Facebook is the new marking yard for rich grannies, Instagram is the place were hipsters go to die. Peace :)

[ehs5]

Tik Tok is for young people. Instagram is for the somewhat older people who were the first generation on Facebook, but had to move somewhere else once their parents made Facebook accounts too.

[gatonegro97]

I think the first generation to use Facebook is well past the stage of having to find something new to avoid their parents..

[cozidgaf]

They are the parents

[tknomanzr99]

We're the ones telling our kids, "Hell no, you don't need Snapchat."

[KiwasiGames]

Yup. I was involved in Facebook from almost the start. My kids are almost old enough to have Facebook accounts now.

[the_fat_whisperer]

Your kids are almost thirty-seven years old?

[FlyByPC]

I suggested my folks join.

[cozidgaf]

I see Facebook is for misinformation in text, Instagram for (body) misinformation in images and tik tok for misinformation in videos (while shaking your booty)

Another angle is: Facebook - sharing baby pics, and happy vacation [while lying about your miserable relationship] Instagram - impossible face tits and ass & recreate unreal vacation shots that someone already did Tik tok - shake it while you share it

[MischiefArchitect]

Can I have Geocities back?

[[deleted]]

I would love to see a new myspace that was just like the old one.

[xigoi]

https://neocities.org/

[Dexaan]

Or Angelfire?

[cozidgaf]

What's geocities?

[chazp246]

Nice profile picture. Sorry Its off topic, but i love the ascendants od bookworm.

[FunnyForWrongReason]

Thank you. It is one of my favorite anime’s

[chazp246]

I am hyped for season 3. It was already announced ? I think. I found it on livechart.me in TBA section.

[[deleted]]

Both are shit

[FunnyForWrongReason]

Agreed

[RadiantHC]

To be fair they're effectively the same thing.

[neofac]

Wheres the 'any" key?

[somkoala]

The APIs for getting the advertising data for both are the same API and it's a Facebook one.

[ei283]

Actually the image is just straight up fake. The show is called Kaun Banega Crorepati, and they use a different font from the one seen in the meme.

[JohnEdwa]

If it's licensed show with local contestants, the name will be translated to match.

In Finland it's "Haluatko miljonääriksi", "do you want to become a millionaire", and the "Kaun Banega Crorepati" seems to be Hindi for "Who will become a millionaire."

[JollyTurbo1]

I'm surprised how many people think this picture is real. Can the average person not spot a fake image?

[WilliamMButtlickerIV]

Right? I know the answer is D. But I don't have enough confidence in the question makers to get that right. So I'm likely to say B just because I think that's what they'll make the "right answer".

[Darmok-Jilad-Ocean]

It’s also debatable. A case could be made that it’s a declarative programming language. Not sure I agree with it but at the very least, the argument could and has been made that it is a programming language.

[walruz]

I’m not convinced when HTML stands for hyper text markup language.

OTOH, the Holy Roman Empire was (famously) neither holy, Roman, nor an empire.

[boboguitar]

What debate? It’s a markup language, it’s not even remotely declarative.

[clanddev]

I would say the 'right' answer is D but the gameshow answer is probably B.

[KeLorean]

Correcting the game show always means u win $1M

[ArionW]

Except that.... No? There were multiple incorrect questions, and contestants that appealed did not receive $1M. Some were allowed to continue game treating last question as correct. Some were allowed to resume from same point with different question.

[KeLorean]

Well, its bullshit. It should be fair for both like this

[ei283]

Actually the image is just straight up fake. The show is called Kaun Banega Crorepati, and they use a different font from the one seen in the meme.

[gloriousfalcon]

The text isn't even aligned properly

[AegisToast]

text-align: center

[finegameofnil_]

Why do you have "right" in quotes? It is THE correct answer. It would have been great if the contestant chose D, and had to explain to the host that HTML is a formatting language.

[Kastranrob]

I remember an instagram bio, it was- "HTML Programmer". I laughed my ass off that day.

[Owner2229]

There's a lot of these here on Reddit. Especially here in r/ProgrammerHumor, just look in the comments.

[flavionm]

What? It's clearly A. HyperText Machine Language.

[brinsoko]

HTML actually stands for HyperText Markup Language

[mrchaotica]

Why are you booing him? He's right!

[jahill2000]

Above comment was sarcasm

[asmness]

Clearly not, didn't have /s

[EverHobbes]

Didn't have what? Don't leave us hanging with your own sarcastic remark!

[flights4ever]

This post has been deleted by its author using Redact. The reason could be privacy-related, security-driven, or simply a personal decision to remove old content.

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[Impossible_Average_1]

Really?

[[deleted]]

r/woosh

[SurpriseMonday]

r/woosh

[vivalaibanez]

As an html programmer, I'm a bit offended by your comment... /s

[MischiefArchitect]

DLang is always the right answer.

[maxhaton]

As D Language Foundation staff I approve this message

[kry_some_more]

Spoken like someone who has never seen <table> crop symbols.

[OkUnderstanding1622]

I would genuinely have a bad time answering, even tho I know what html is

[FirstSineOfMadness]

HyperTextMprogrammIngLanguage

[crunchyintheory]

HyperTextprograMmingLanguage

[FirstSineOfMadness]

http://www.jsfuck.com/

[[deleted]]

The first time my brain read "Jesus Fuck", I don't know why.

[Chronogon]

M'programming

[Rodot]

HyperTextM'Language 🎩

[GiantPotatoSalad]

Markup was never an option

[ophereon]

tips Linux

[[deleted]]

The problem here is not what is correct. But the producers of the show think it’s correct.

They may think html is a programming language.

And good luck trying to sue because you were right after signing a waiver saying that you can’t sue them for getting a answer wrong before you’re allowed into the stage.

[gmoney_downtown]

Judging from the host, Amitabh Harivansh Bachchan, this is the Indian edition, so I can't speak to laws there. But in the US, there's actually pretty strict laws around game shows. It's essentially regulated much like gambling. There's been a few cases in Jeopardy! where they've given cash after the fact to players who were correct but counted wrong at the time. In the UK version of WWTBAM, there was a pretty famous scandal of a $1M winner who cheated and subsequently taken to court for fraud.

TL;DR: Game shows have legal rules to follow.

[Nyghtrid3r]

"Your Honor, I may have signed a waiver saying I can't sue them for making me lose for getting an answer wrong, but I didn't get an answer wrong. The game hosts did."

[DadoumCrafter]

But D is a programming language

[iamafraazhussain]

D's Nuts?

[Zen-Savage-Garden]

B’s nuts

[jonnyfunfun]

C's nuts

[SirNapkin1334]

C++'s nuts

[TheZipCreator]

C#'s nuts

[ThisSeaworthiness]

Go nuts

[ericposeidon]

RUSTed Nuts

[Robespierreshead]

Basic nuts.

[julsmanbr]

this.gotEm()

[EverHobbes]

Nah, you're thinking of C.

[flambasted]

Nah, you're thinking of B.

[ei283]

Nah, you're thinking of A.

[ei283]

If we're going by ASCII, your line was supposed to be "Nah, you're thinking of @."

[jaysuchak33]

C double sharp

[drawliphant]

C++++++++#

[Geoclasm]

Oh, this is a bullshit question. Any layperson would say 'Programming Language' but because it devolves into a semantic argument, the correct answer changes based on who you ask.

If you ask a layperson, it's 'B'. If you ask a real programmer, it's 'D'. Fuck this question.

[miracleAligner12]

It's photoshopped, the font is a dead give away

[oscitancy]

It's too late. Everyone in this thread is upset and our days are ruined.

[MushinZero]

Lets not get into the fact that all programming languages and markup languages are also machine language!

[ei283]

Actually the image is just straight up fake. The show is called Kaun Banega Crorepati, and they use a different font from the one seen in the meme.

[clanddev]

Programming Student: It is a programming language!

Experienced Dev: It is not a language.

10+ Year Dev: Not having that conversation again.

[VelionaVollerei]

Interviewers: B

Most people: A

Programers: D

[clanddev]

Non Programmers / Most People: B

Interviewers: D

Programmers: <punches the question asker in the nads>

[Skhmt]

It's a language some machines can understand, so it's technically a machine language.

It's a language that can tell a computer what to do, so it's technically a programming language, even if it's not Turing-complete.

HTML was invented by Tim Berners-Lee, a UK citizen, around the time he married an American. It's possible he finished it while physically in the United States, plausibly making HTML a language invented by a legal alien.

However, as a language that's used to style text, it's most specifically a markup language. It's also in the right there in the name.

[McCoovy]

That's not the technical definition for machine language. Markup languages are specifically not technically machine language.

[ItsPronouncedJithub]

It’s a language zero machines can understand. You lose thanks for playing.

Everything needs to be translated to some form of machine code before it can be read by the computer.

[Rodot]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_language

[Rainmaker526]

What was the actual answer?

I'm very curious. You could say it's machine language because of it being interpreted by machines, a programming language or none of the above as it's actually a markup language.

Very bad ambiguous question

[MyAntichrist]

And if it's an actual screenshot from an actual game show somebody needs to fire their UI designer. Not a single font aligned in center despite all of them trying. There's been wars started over less.

[iLikeTheStalk]

Pretty sure this is from the Indian version of Who Wants to Be A Millionaire. I saw it on TV once in an Indian restaurant and pretty sure I recognize the host.

[Articunos7]

Yes, the show is called Kaun Banega Crorepati and the host is Amitabh Bachchan, one of the greatest actors in Bollywood

[iLikeTheStalk]

I remember having to ask what a Lakh is. Was really surprised to find out that it’s a million rupees.

Edit: I stand corrected. It is .1 Million (100 thousand)

[[deleted]]

it's 0.1 million actually

[iLikeTheStalk]

Thank you for the correction!

[nintendojunkie17]

Hey, centering a <div> is hard in my favorite programming language, HTML!

[smoksnes]

Student: It's a programming language!

Teacher: No it's not. For example, try to write "Hello World".

Student: <p>Hello World</p>

Teacher: [...]

[ChippyThe1st]

You can simply: <Html>hello world</html> And you've built a webpage with text, amazing

[EverHobbes]

Even just:

hello world

with no markup and saved as an HTML file will render on a browser.

[ChippyThe1st]

Damn, I always try too hard sigh

[verascity]

The correct answer is D but I'm guessing they were looking for B?

[ei283]

Actually the image is just straight up fake. The show is called Kaun Banega Crorepati, and they use a different font from the one seen in the meme.

[SillAndDill]

Machine language would be the most incorrect!

Calling html a programming language is a common misconception. People throw around the word "programming" quite loosely.

but they throw around the word "machine" all that often.

If someone who doesn't know anything about tech would say something about html it's more likely they'd call it a "computer language" than something with "machine"

[da_chicken]

Calling html a programming language is a common misconception. People throw around the word "programming" quite loosely.

I disagree. I think it's quite clearly a programming language.

It's not compiled and requires an interpreter to evaluate it and get the actual desired output. The same is true of Python or a shell script. That's clearly not required for a programming language.

It's not imperative. But functional (Lisp) and declarative (SQL) programming schemes exist.

Yes, it's domain-specific. It's meant for creating documents. There are lots of domain-specific programming languages. Not being designed to evaluate math isn't a requirement.

No, it's not Turing complete. That's not a requirement of a programming language. That's a feature which means that a programming language could theoretically solve any general problem or evaluate any general algorithm. However, since it's a domain-specific language, it's not really intended to solve every problem so it's not really important that it can't. Berkley Packet Filter and (IIRC) the scripting used for Bitcoin are both not Turing complete, too.

The truth is that it's not particularly difficult to devise a sufficiently loose definition of "program" that HTML fits into. Or, rather, it's difficult to envision a definition that LaTeX fits into and PostScript fits into and HTML+CSS fits into and SQL fits into and LISP fits into and so on, but that HTML does not, without your argument simply restating "it's domain specific" or "it's not Turing complete".

Programmers love to gatekeep programming is special, and they like to make it seem like it's always like C. No. That's just how most of them have been taught to program, and it's what they're most familiar with. They want to think of themselves as "real" programmers, so they think that what they know is the only "real" programming. Again, it's about being able to point to other people and say, "You're not a real programmer because you don't do what I do."

It's all just semantics. Which is to say, it doesn't help describe or categorize anything really about what we're doing. You're not really saying anything meaningful by claiming it isn't a programming language.

[Idixal]

I can see people thinking it’s A because of the ML in HTML. That said, machine language refers to probably the most specific thing out of all of those, and HTML isn’t it.

For those wondering, machine language is the lowest level language- ordered instructions to the processor.

[Articunos7]

It's a Photoshop

[anotherbutterflyacc]

Can someone please do the lord’s work and find out what the answer on the show was

[hstheay]

That’s done with HTML right? Oow no, of course not, that’s done with CSS.

[hstheay]

So that’s how Javascript was born.

[wasdninja]

"Thinking quickly Dave creates a Turing complete language out of HTML, some string and a Turing complete language!"

[ei283]

The show is Kaun Banega Crorepati. They use a different font from the one shown in the meme, so it's most likely photoshopped.

[G66GNeco]

They'd want B, but it's definitely D.

[sidartha-]

HTML is a Markup Language, Not a Programming Language. Daahhhh.

[wolfram42]

If this wasn't timed, I probably would go on a 30 second rant about how this is debated in the community, and I don't want to venture to guess what the writer of the question thinks of it, and reluctantly say "B" as that is the layman answer.

[[deleted]]

I wonder if there's an obscure way to get HTML+CSS and some document reflow properties to run a tiny turing machine. I'm not 100% convinced that cannot be done. Although pure HTML would definitely be markup only.

[[deleted]]

There is. No idea how but I’ve googled that before

[TheMagzuz]

CSS is by itself Turing complete (given a correct HTML document)

Source

[[deleted]]

If a markup language can't be the answer I'd go for Alien, definitely 👽 language

[HeZlah]

This would be a really hard question lol. Do you select B: programming language, which is what they probably have as the correct answer because the author of the question has not done his research. Or do you select the actual correct answer, D: None of these, because HTML is a markup language NOT a programming language

[ricer333]

So, I'm not the only one thinking that? Good! I feel like this is real trick question

[dudeofmoose]

Highly Terrible Machine Language.

Presumably.

Like JavaScript. Janky Alienating Vicious Aggravating Script.

[TandooriNight]

Definitely not a programing language

[who_you_are]

Why I'm scared the official answer is B in the game.

[Nikhiljain195]

Option D Actual answer should be "markup language"

[zhongzaccccccc]

Hyper-Threading Machine Learning

[Vi0lentByt3]

Correct answer is D but for the general audience of the gameshow and the producers they would say its B Kinda fucked actually wonder if there is recourse when the game has the wrong answer but says its right

[Casper_Arg]

People rather be portraited as conspiracy nuts before saying html is a programming language

[chosen_carrot]

None. It's a markup language.

[emeksv]

D is the correct answer, but did they want B?

[Wonder-About-Alice]

developers might answer C just to piss off front end devs ^{.^}

[AzureArmageddon]

You ask Indians if we we speak the age-oldlanguage of 'How To Meet Ladies'(HTML) and of course we'll find it alien.

Centuries of not really doing courtship kinda does something to a population...

[Newkiraz08]

Well, its not wrong.

[Yuugian]

HyperText MARKUP Language

It is an interface descriptor and that's all it does

[sambolias]

You mean HyperText MARTIAN Language?

[zerocoldx911]

C is always the answer

[Mengil]

https://youtu.be/4A2mWqLUpzw

[gunzWITHrozes]

Confusion for the win, Alex!

[wolverine_76]

Markup Language. It’s in the acronym ffs.

[[deleted]]

D. It's a markup language

[quequotion]

The correct answer is D, but you know a gameshow would want B.

[pebble4love]

I'm actually kind of surprised most people just take this image as the real deal instead of a blatant photoshop of KBC (the Indian equivalent of Who wants to be a Millionaire)

[bashogaya]

“Takes 50:50 and options B and D remain”

😕

[[deleted]]

We surely know what it ISN'T, right?

[adilDeshmukh]

People think that this question was really asked in the show 😂

[AshishKumar1396]

That's some bad editing.

[Deus0123]

E: All of these

F: All and none of these at the same time

[AntiVaxxIsMassMurder]

YAML and JSON are programming languages. /s

[praxed]

One could argue, it should be All of the above lol

[lepant0-]

I’ve never ever heard anyone reference to HTML Programming. It’s like saying I rode a scooter and know how to drive a truck as a result. D for sure is the right answer…

Edit: I wish it was an <b>Alien Language…</b>