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John Verne wrote,
>
> HTML was designed to be a "text-markup" language, not a "page design"
> language. The purpose of the tags is not just to make the page look
> good, but to help express the meaning of the document.

Very important observation. But the problem is that HTML not only does
not implement page design but also rides rough-shod over any attempt by
the author to make the page look good--as (for example) anyone who has
ever wanted to indent paragraphs can tell you. You can do it, but I've
never seen a way that wasn't a hack. And this is just one of the more
conspicuous examples.

Tom Parsons

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