Hi, "We are still confused, but on a higher level". Am 28.09.2006 um 23:01 schrieb Bowerbird@aol.com:
gardner said:
I know your bent is to prefer a non-standard lightweight markup
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of course, once you understand on a deep level that it's fully possible for a computer program to ascertain the structure of a text well enough that it can apply markup to permit good presentation by another computer program (e.g., a browser), you will also come to understand on a deep level that there is absolutely no need for the markup, since the structure-ascertaining routines can be included in the browser itself, and thereby avoid the markup middleman. ergo, _zen_markup_...
future generations will laugh at us for believing that markup was even necessary in the first place, let alone that we'd codify it into "a standard", and waste our time, money, and energy to "apply" it...
I doubt that very much!! Mark-up is a necessity of language and communication wether you see it or not. Humans are the most advanced systems and use far to much information for thier internal "browser" that I do not think mark-ups will be come obsolete in the next couple of centuries. regards Keith.