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Posted by Franklin on 08/14/07 02:22
On Tue 14 Aug 2007 02:19:54, dorayme <doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au>
wrote in alt.comp.freeware:
> In article <Xns998C1335C1DEFQ78XD91A@127.0.0.1>,
> Franklin <frank.says@no.spam.com> wrote:
>
>> I agree. HTML is not hard at all.
>
> This would be more convincing if it was not being said by folks
> who's business is html. It would also be more convincing if it
> was not being merely said but demonstrated. And how can it be
> demonstrated easily?
>
> The problem is this, once you are familiar with it and have taken
> very good advice, you can use that handy device called hindsight.
>
> I am not here discussing the merits of Albert's efforts. I am
> pointing out that it is no use whatsoever repeating endlessly how
> simple it all is deep down.
>
It's not that HTML is simple deep down, it is simple high up.
The markups are for the most part quite straightforward. A utility
like a generator becomes useful for repetitive tasks or those of
awkward alignment.
This is not just because of hindsight.
Compare C++ which is markedly less straightforward. Whatever
hindsight one may have C++ very rarely earns the description
"simple"! Aphorisms abound about C++. For example, "C++ has it's
own built-in security because no one else can understand it".
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