Critical Reasoning: Paradox Questions
Though the strict syntax of the current prevailing animation scripting language has entirely replaced the now deprecated notation of former script generations, the fact remains that amateurs and professionals who lack up-to-date training continue to produce code in such relatively primitive languages, despite the browsers' software houses attempt to enforce progress by updating common browsers so that they cannot render the animation encoded by such scripts.
Which of the following best explains the failure of the plan devised by the software houses?
Incorrect.
[[snippet]]This answer choice tells us that the new script is clearer and has less mistakes, but that code-writers must work harder to make the code meet the new standards. While this may help explain why people still want to use the older languages, it does not explain how or why they do it, when common browsers cannot read these older languages.
Great!
[[snippet]]This answer choice tells us that some closed systems use browsers that are incompatible with the rest of the world, and that they support animation scripts. This explains how some programmers, being free of the browser limitation, can still use old versions of the scripting language.
Incorrect.
[[snippet]]This answer choice tells us that outdated browsers are quickly disappearing, a point which emphasizes the paradox rather than resolves it. Since the updated browsers can't process older scripts, only outdated ones can; and if outdated ones are unavailable, then how can programmers be using the old scripts?
Incorrect.
[[snippet]]This answer choice tells us that while some old language features work on new browsers, almost no one knows this fact. This emphasizes rather than resolves the paradox, because if people who want to use the old languages don't know they work on new browsers, they still have no reason to attempt to write code with older languages.
Incorrect.
[[snippet]]This answer choice tells us that when people are taught the new script they also receive a review of older languages. First of all, this is irrelevant because the argument states that users of old languages are either amateurs or those with outdated training. Second, even if people did know the older languages, that would not explain why or how they use it when available browsers cannot process this type of code.
