BTW, pace TBG, TeX is not a programming language, it's a markup language. Anyone who can use HTML tags should be able to use TeX. When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes
As for your second comment, I doubt anybody who can use HTML will be able to figure out how to use \expandafter... You comment applies more to LaTeX, than to TeX itself.
One of the problems I often encounter is that I am not aware of all the programs that a given package will install. When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes