- From: Philip TAYLOR [PC336/H-XP] <P.Taylor@Rhul.Ac.Uk>
- Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 20:54:45 +0100
- To: Ville Skyttä <ville.skytta@iki.fi>
- Cc: W3C Validator <www-validator@w3.org>
Ville Skyttä wrote: [snip] > Pedantic? > http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=pedant Surely not : "c : a formalist or precisionist in teaching". The original validator was/is "pedantic", sticking rigidly to the rules enshrined/encapsulated in the DTD; the new so-called "fussy" mode goes far beyond pedantry, and makes forays into regions which I would term "over-enthusiastic" ... To my mind, the earlier suggestion of "conservative" is open to the same criticism : the original validator was/is "conservative" in its diagnosis of errors; the new "fussy" version is surely using the term "error" far too liberally ... That said, I still can't find a perfect replacement for "fussy"; the best I can suggest off the top of my head is "zealous" http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=zealous Philip Taylor
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