Why is SCRIPT an inline but NOSCRIPT a block element?

Why is (in both the loose and strict DTDs) SCRIPT a %special element,
but NOSCRIPT is a %block element?

Consider the following:

  <P>Blah
   <SCRIPT type="text/javascript"><!--
    document.write("even with JavaScript");
   //--></SCRIPT>
  and more blah</P>

If instead I use something like

  <P>Blah
   <SCRIPT type="text/javascript"><!--
    document.write("even with JavaScript");
   //--></SCRIPT>
   <NOSCRIPT>
    still blah
   </NOSCRIPT>
  and more blah</P>

it won't validate because NOSCRIPT is a block element, so an end-tag </P> 
is implied before <NOSCRIPT>.

It makes more sense for both SCRIPT and NOSCRIPT to be valid in the same 
context, since a well-made document would have an alternate markup for 
browsers without the scripting language.

Was this on purpose or just an oversight?

Rob

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Received on Sunday, 16 November 1997 16:53:00 UTC