Re: HTML interpreter vs. HTML user agent

On May 28, 2009, at 4:46 PM, Maciej Stachowiak wrote:

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> On May 28, 2009, at 12:22 PM, Roy T. Fielding wrote:
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>> On May 28, 2009, at 3:17 AM, Maciej Stachowiak wrote:
>>> On May 28, 2009, at 12:52 AM, Roy T. Fielding wrote:
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>>>>
>>>> HTML application = {HTML interpreter, HTML generator}
>>>
>>> Please see my post on this thread for why the term "HTML  
>>> interpreter" is inaccurate and grating.
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>> I saw it.  I suggest you do a little more research on the term,
>> because Larry is about thirty years ahead of you on that.
>> See Interlisp.
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> First of all, this is an argument from authority.
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> Second, if you are trying to make some connection, HTML  
> implementations don't work at all the way Interlisp did, and are  
> even more certainly not required to per spec.
>
> Third, if Larry feels there is a resemblance between

I meant to say: Third, if Larry feels there is a resemblance between  
his implementation work on Interlisp and the general category of all  
applications that consume HTML, he can say so. But I don't think that  
is at all what he meant.

Regards,
Maciej