- From: Abigail <abigail@tungsten.gn.iaf.nl>
- Date: Sat, 11 May 1996 17:54:39 +0200 (MET DST)
- To: www-html@w3.org
You, Lineaer Algebraiker wrote: ++ ++ Oblig. Math question: ++ Why the <math> - tag at all? I don't mean abolish it, but in some instanc= ++ es it = ++ ++ can be quite unnecessary and annoying: ++ ++ If <math> a ≤ b </math> then ... ++ ++ should be as valid as ++ = ++ ++ If a ≤ b then ... The advantage is that with using <math>, a reader (and also an author) can choose a different rendering. For instance, one can choose to have the a and b in your example be displayed in italics, while the context is normal. The choice would be gone as soon as you leave out the <math>. Abigail
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