2007-09-21 05:21:38 · 12 answers · asked by Legolas 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
Nope, most technologies are designed and programmed using programming languages.
2007-09-21 05:38:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, provided you hand-calculate the packets, and use IP Over Avian Carriers:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_over_Avian_Carriers
It all depends if you would consider Assembly a programming language ( which it is )... if you don't instruct your computers, how could they do anything?
In theory also, it could be possible to make an electronic device out of non-programmable components ( the program is the wiring ) that transferred data via packet switching. We wouldn't end up with anything much like the modern Internet though.
2007-09-21 12:33:14 · answer #2 · answered by kirun 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. What you have to understand is that programming languages are actually user friendly covers for programming languages that work under the surface.
At the base layer is a language called microcode which is the most basic commands that the processor takes. We like to think its all in 1s and 0s however its actually in high or low voltages. The designer of your processor had to program this code. On top of that is machine code and a couple more layers of code until it comes to things like HTML, XHTML CSS, javascript, XML, XSL, ASP, SQL, ADO, vbscript to name a few. Then you have your servers and router protocols.
So, I would say no.
2007-09-21 12:35:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The question assumes that a technology can exist in a vacuum. Remember the language of the program IS the program. More than saying programs are to computers as wheels are to cars; but more programs are to computers what letters are to words. Without a language that a human can use to give the command to the computer, the computer cannot and will not act. Even A.I. (artificail intelligence) HAS to be written by someone, sometime. Below is how webopedia describes it.
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A vocabulary and set of grammatical rules for instructing a computer to perform specific tasks. The term programming language usually refers to high-level languages, such as BASIC, C, C++, COBOL, FORTRAN, Ada, and Pascal. Each language has a unique set of keywords (words that it understands) and a special syntax for organizing program instructions.
High-level programming languages, while simple compared to human languages, are more complex than the languages the computer actually understands, called machine languages. Each different type of CPU has its own unique machine language.
Lying between machine languages and high-level languages are languages called assembly languages. Assembly languages are similar to machine languages, but they are much easier to program in because they allow a programmer to substitute names for numbers. Machine languages consist of numbers only.
Lying above high-level languages are languages called fourth-generation languages (usually abbreviated 4GL). 4GLs are far removed from machine languages and represent the class of computer languages closest to human languages.
Regardless of what language you use, you eventually need to convert your program into machine language so that the computer can understand it. There are two ways to do this:
compile the program
interpret the program
See compile and interpreter for more information about these two methods.
The question of which language is best is one that consumes a lot of time and energy among computer professionals. Every language has its strengths and weaknesses. For example, FORTRAN is a particularly good language for processing numerical data, but it does not lend itself very well to organizing large programs. Pascal is very good for writing well-structured and readable programs, but it is not as flexible as the C programming language. C++ embodies powerful object-oriented features, but it is complex and difficult to learn.
The choice of which language to use depends on the type of computer the program is to run on, what sort of program it is, and the expertise of the programmer.
2007-09-21 12:36:25 · answer #4 · answered by E.Nygma 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have no idea how primitive early computers were. Programming them literally consisted of connecting wires from point to point. Without the evolution of programming languages (and it has indeed been an evolution), the personal computers we take for granted would themselves be impossible.
2007-09-21 12:30:24 · answer #5 · answered by The Phlebob 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope, you still need a programming language to connect computers.
2007-09-21 12:26:03 · answer #6 · answered by Die_Niedel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blackheart is right.
The internet, like all technologies, is built on everything that came before, and will be used by everything that comes after.
Your question is analogous to asking "If there were no wheels, are cars still possible?"
2007-09-21 12:27:27 · answer #7 · answered by Barry C 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about the internet,
but, clearly, you were able to construct
a nearly complete question
without any knowledge of the English language! ;)
2007-09-21 13:14:36 · answer #8 · answered by skaizun 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if there was no programming language there would be no computer programs period....
2007-09-21 12:27:03 · answer #9 · answered by Lost in thought 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Naw...then you wudd only have cast-nets (to catch fish).
2007-09-21 12:28:17 · answer #10 · answered by Calm 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋