What languages were used to code html & css?

Question

Just curious about this. Or is HTML and CSS directly 'communicating' with the machine?! In other words: Which languages are the 'base' of HTML and CSS?

Answer 1

Main language of most browsers are C++

Firefox
Rendering engine using C++ Gecko
JavaScript engine using C SpiderMonkey
UI coded mostly in XUL (a custom XML dialect), CSS, and JavaScript, with some C++.

Chrome
Rendering engine using C++WebCore
JavaScript engine: V8, C++
UI coded mostly in C++

Safari
Rendering engine using C++ WebCore
JavaScript engine: C++
UI coded in Objective-C with some HTML

Internet Explorer
All components written in C++

Answer 2

C++ can access low level system resources, most system tools, os are built using C++ including browsers.

Answer 3

@Calvin: Is it correct that between C++ and the physical machine is only the assembler which translates the code to zeros and ones (binary). Thx for your patience!