Re: default charset broken

At 18:13 03/06/07 +0100, Philip TAYLOR [PC336/H-XP] wrote:

>Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote:

> > Most major user agents implement what HTML says rather than what
> > HTTP/1.1 says, why should the HTML Validator not do what the HTML
> > specification requires?
>
>That is the weakest argument I have ever seen!  "Most major user
>agents" accept tag soup; should the HTML validator do the same ?

There is a very significant difference between:
a) choosing one of two clearly documented behaviors (HTTP or HTML)
b) choosing between clarity and correctness on one side and
    undocumented obscurity on the other side.

Regards,    Martin.