Re: The interpretation of script

Liam R E Quin scripsit:

> I see, thanks. I was wondering what sense it would make to have a script
> element whose content you did not want to execute... better to use
> <not-really-script-at-all>
> or, more sensibly :-) <data>...</data>, and then it seems to me it's not
> an issue?

Because the HTML <script> element is one of the few in which you can embed
absolutely arbitrary text (other than "</script>", obviously).

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Received on Tuesday, 18 January 2011 05:16:30 UTC