- From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:34:06 -0800
- To: Krzysztof Maczyński <1981km@gmail.com>
- Cc: Jonas Sicking <jonas@sicking.cc>, public-html@w3.org
On Mar 1, 2010, at 6:24 PM, Krzysztof Maczyński wrote: >> Validation only checks for a certain, very limited, types of errors. > But it's a common problem, so people should be encouraged to > validate. Being valid is supposed to enhance forward compatibility, > so authors who consider W3C trustworthy will care about it. Valid > markup is also more consistent and provides nice invariants for > development of content and dependent standards. I'm sure that you, a > prominent Mozilla developer, could give more advantages off the top > of your head than me, a humble author. Validation is a good practice, but it's not a substitute for testing. Just as running "lint" or "gcc -W -Wall" on your C++ code is a good practice, but not a substitute for testing. Regards, Maciej
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