Web Design Tutorial - Lesson 1, Part 2
Lesson 1, Part 2
What makes XHTML different from programming/scripting languages?
Basically, XHTML is different in that it is read straight through by the browser, and is processed as the browser reads it from top to bottom. Programming languages, on the other hand, need to be checked for errors by the compiler (the program that translates the code into something the machine can understand), and they allow for jumping around between the code based on certain conditions.
