When haters deny HTML’s status as a programming language, they’re showing they don’t understand what a language really is. Language is not instructing an interlocutor what to do in a way ...

No, HTML is not a computer programming language. This may ruffle the feathers of web developers and graphic designers who take pride in the webpages they have built. Nevertheless, HTML is not a ...

Neal Ford, Software Architect and Meme Wrangler at Thoughtworks, (in his blog post on December 5, 2006) calls this use of multiple programming languages “polyglot programming“.