At first, yes but once you will understand some basic things you can do with HTML, with CSS and Javascript is much fun doing something than by pure HTML. As for not calling HTML a "programming language or markup language" I would say that markup language place better but still it kinda is also programming language, because it have some form of calculation
while the HTML language can be cryptic in some ways, this is why we sometimes see pre-typed code to copy, for things such as 88x31 buttons a Neocitizen uses to represent their website. I created so many 88x31 buttons to represent my site with, because I was finding more aesthetics over time.
A new section about mysterious image deletions has been added to the cutting room floor page.