Posted by John W. Kennedy on 11/27/07 22:34

The Magpie wrote:
> Andy Dingley wrote:
>> On 19 Nov, 18:38, The Magpie <use...@pigsinspace.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Personally, I prefer XHTML 1.0 over HTML 4.x because it is much easier
>>> to ensure it is error-free. But that's a personal choice.
>> What makes you think that?
>>
> I should have thought that was obvious.
>
> HTML was designed from the start as a subset of SGML that would permit
> lax coding of tags

Clarification: SGML (and GML before it) always allowed lax coding.
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John W. Kennedy
"The pathetic hope that the White House will turn a Caligula into a
Marcus Aurelius is as naïve as the fear that ultimate power inevitably
corrupts."
-- James D. Barber (1930-2004)

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