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		pavon 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Man pages are great, man readers are the problem And the basic syntax of HTML is based on SGML which was standardized in 1986, and which in turn was based on GML and COCOA from the 1960's.

amelius 5 months ago [–]

Yeah ok, but HTML won the heart of the modern user.

t-3 5 months ago | [–]

HTML is easy to parse and generate. I've never seen anybody attempt to claim that it's enjoyable to read or write.

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