It’s just data
Mark Pilgrim: HTML is not an output format. HTML is The Format.
HTML is also a pretty darn versatile Input Format. It also fits in containers. It also can serve as a container.
It also survives pretty well when abused as an output format.
Single Responsibility Principle... Just because you CAN do something, doesn’t mean you SHOULD
But, yes, HTML is pretty decent at representing both structured and unstructured information... tables, hierarchy, emphasis, blocks of descriptive text, all decent.
Posted by bex atLast week, both Sam Ruby and Bill de hÓra cited Mark Pilgrim’s post Dive into history, 2009 edition , about the history of his book Dive Into Python and its future - now that his publisher has commissioned Dive Into Python 3 , it’s a series....
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