- From: Philip & Le Khanh <Philip-and-LeKhanh@Royal-Tunbridge-Wells.Org>
- Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 23:37:26 +0100
- To: W3C List <public-html@w3.org>
- CC: "Philip Taylor (Webmaster)" <P.Taylor@Rhul.Ac.Uk>
Maciej Stachowiak wrote: > > On May 1, 2007, at 8:19 AM, Gareth Hay wrote: > >> >> To address the point I do understand, I agree, no one is perfect, but >> are you really suggest something akin to using a C compiler to take >> some pseudo code input and attempt to produce executable code, by hook >> or crook? > > A C compiler runs on the developer's machine. This is different from > content produced by one party and consumed by many others using a > variety of tools, where there is more benefit to being lenient in what > you accept. That is exactly the situation that obtains with "C" programs. One person writes code, others attempt to compile it using their compiler, their libraries, their operating system ... A pretty good parallel to the way HTML is produced and consumed, in fact. Philip Taylor
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