- From: John Cowan <cowan@mercury.ccil.org>
- Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2012 17:14:23 -0400
- To: Mike Sokolov <sokolov@falutin.net>
- Cc: liam@w3.org, public-microxml@w3.org
Mike Sokolov scripsit:
> >XML says, "For compatibility, the string " -- " (double-hyphen) must not
> >occur within comments."
> Just curious - to what previous system does this compatibility
> admonition refer? I assume it's SGML?
Yes.
--
It was dreary and wearisome. Cold clammy winter still held way in this
forsaken country. The only green was the scum of livid weed on the dark
greasy surfaces of the sullen waters. Dead grasses and rotting reeds loomed
up in the mists like ragged shadows of long-forgotten summers.
--"The Passage of the Marshes" http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
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