- From: Jeff Schiller <codedread@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 08:54:23 -0700
- To: Håkon Wium Lie <howcome@opera.com>
- Cc: Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org>, www-style@w3.org, www-svg@w3.org
Received on Sunday, 29 August 2010 15:55:13 UTC
On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 6:13 AM, Håkon Wium Lie <howcome@opera.com> wrote: > > > You call it an artifact. I call it a ubiquitous, living notation > > > embraced by all the programming languages people are using today. > > You're right, it's common in programming languages. But CSS was > explicitly designed to *not* be a programming language. The last words > in the CSS1 Recommendations are: > > http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-values/#calc width: calc(100%/3 - 2*1em - 2*1px); Certainly seems like a programming language to me. Let me check who the editors are on that spec... I also buy Tab's argument re: values going between JS and CSS (though I haven't personally tested it). I am surprised at seeing admittedly strong technical arguments being brushed aside for other reasons, and worse that this feature is proposed to be deprecated as a result. Jeff
Received on Sunday, 29 August 2010 15:55:13 UTC