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elcritch
on May 4, 2022
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Why isn’t there a decent file format for tabular d...
SGML originally defined optional tags. The intent was for doc writers to not need to end tags. XML in my view was a 20 year regression..
Pxtl
on May 4, 2022
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Also didn't SGML offer a terse generic closer </> ?
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