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So you mean for example that typing ... is more comporable pressing enter in Microsoft Word? But then you're typing a code instead, no?
Yes, typing in HTML is like pressing enter in word, but that doesn't make it a programming language, it makes it a markup language.
A markup language is also what you can use to format comments here: You use a specific syntax to indicate how you want things formatted.
The separation from a programming language is that a programming language can be used to implement logic, like saying: In the following paragraph, a word should be bold if it contains the letter "A". That cannot be done with a markup language.
Okay, I follow now. Thanks for your patience, ha.