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James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> writes:

> On 8/26/24 03:54, Michael S wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 25 Aug 2024 17:48:14 -0700
>> Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> wrote:
>
> ...
>
>>> It's been amusing reading a discussion of which languages are or
>>> are not high level, without anyone offering a definition of what
>>> the term means.  Wikipedia says, roughly, that a high-level
>>> language is one that doesn't provide machine-level access (and IMO
>>> that is a reasonable characterization).
>>
>> I don't like this definition.  IMHO, what language does have is at
>> least as important as what it does not have for the purpose of
>> estimating its level.
>
> That's not a particularly useful response. [...]

If it communicated what Michael wanted to say, it served his
purposes, which makes it useful, whether you thought it was
useful or not.

> One principle that should be kept in mind when you're defining a
> term whose definition is currently unclear, is to decide what
> statements you want to make about things described by that term.

A more important factor to keep in mind is what common usage
or usages there are, both current and historical.