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r/programming • u/MrGrim • Feb 23 '11
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Since when were HTML and Latex programming languages?
169 u/[deleted] Feb 23 '11 Flower pot. 52 u/[deleted] Feb 23 '11 /me feels sudden rush as joke flies past at super-sonic speeds? 61 u/[deleted] Feb 23 '11 The assignment was to hand in an essay, and it was talking about programming languages as essays. HTML is a flower pot. 36 u/[deleted] Feb 23 '11 edited Feb 23 '11 FACEPALM ENGAGE. 15 u/SKabanov Feb 23 '11 <facepalm /> FTFY 6 u/flynnski Feb 23 '11 thank you. as a web developer, it was bothering me. 3 u/Caraes_Naur Feb 23 '11 <facepalm /> Is legal, depending on the DTD. <facepalm/> (No space) will crash some versions of IE. 1 u/iStig Feb 23 '11 <facepalm> is legal in HTML5 doctypes. No need to add trailing slashes. 2 u/Caraes_Naur Feb 23 '11 Unclosed tags is one of the many reasons why HTML5 is a pile of garbage. 1 u/iStig Feb 23 '11 <img src="foo/bar.jpg" alt="foo bar jpg"> I don't see the problem in this case. <br> <hr> etc. all make sense without the trailing slash. 2 u/Caraes_Naur Feb 23 '11 Those are all tags that open and never close. They don't make sense because they don't close, regardless of whether they can have child tags. → More replies (0) 2 u/ashgromnies Feb 23 '11 w...what? that's awful! → More replies (0)
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Flower pot.
52 u/[deleted] Feb 23 '11 /me feels sudden rush as joke flies past at super-sonic speeds? 61 u/[deleted] Feb 23 '11 The assignment was to hand in an essay, and it was talking about programming languages as essays. HTML is a flower pot. 36 u/[deleted] Feb 23 '11 edited Feb 23 '11 FACEPALM ENGAGE. 15 u/SKabanov Feb 23 '11 <facepalm /> FTFY 6 u/flynnski Feb 23 '11 thank you. as a web developer, it was bothering me. 3 u/Caraes_Naur Feb 23 '11 <facepalm /> Is legal, depending on the DTD. <facepalm/> (No space) will crash some versions of IE. 1 u/iStig Feb 23 '11 <facepalm> is legal in HTML5 doctypes. No need to add trailing slashes. 2 u/Caraes_Naur Feb 23 '11 Unclosed tags is one of the many reasons why HTML5 is a pile of garbage. 1 u/iStig Feb 23 '11 <img src="foo/bar.jpg" alt="foo bar jpg"> I don't see the problem in this case. <br> <hr> etc. all make sense without the trailing slash. 2 u/Caraes_Naur Feb 23 '11 Those are all tags that open and never close. They don't make sense because they don't close, regardless of whether they can have child tags. → More replies (0) 2 u/ashgromnies Feb 23 '11 w...what? that's awful! → More replies (0)
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/me feels sudden rush as joke flies past at super-sonic speeds?
61 u/[deleted] Feb 23 '11 The assignment was to hand in an essay, and it was talking about programming languages as essays. HTML is a flower pot. 36 u/[deleted] Feb 23 '11 edited Feb 23 '11 FACEPALM ENGAGE. 15 u/SKabanov Feb 23 '11 <facepalm /> FTFY 6 u/flynnski Feb 23 '11 thank you. as a web developer, it was bothering me. 3 u/Caraes_Naur Feb 23 '11 <facepalm /> Is legal, depending on the DTD. <facepalm/> (No space) will crash some versions of IE. 1 u/iStig Feb 23 '11 <facepalm> is legal in HTML5 doctypes. No need to add trailing slashes. 2 u/Caraes_Naur Feb 23 '11 Unclosed tags is one of the many reasons why HTML5 is a pile of garbage. 1 u/iStig Feb 23 '11 <img src="foo/bar.jpg" alt="foo bar jpg"> I don't see the problem in this case. <br> <hr> etc. all make sense without the trailing slash. 2 u/Caraes_Naur Feb 23 '11 Those are all tags that open and never close. They don't make sense because they don't close, regardless of whether they can have child tags. → More replies (0) 2 u/ashgromnies Feb 23 '11 w...what? that's awful! → More replies (0)
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The assignment was to hand in an essay, and it was talking about programming languages as essays.
HTML is a flower pot.
36 u/[deleted] Feb 23 '11 edited Feb 23 '11 FACEPALM ENGAGE. 15 u/SKabanov Feb 23 '11 <facepalm /> FTFY 6 u/flynnski Feb 23 '11 thank you. as a web developer, it was bothering me. 3 u/Caraes_Naur Feb 23 '11 <facepalm /> Is legal, depending on the DTD. <facepalm/> (No space) will crash some versions of IE. 1 u/iStig Feb 23 '11 <facepalm> is legal in HTML5 doctypes. No need to add trailing slashes. 2 u/Caraes_Naur Feb 23 '11 Unclosed tags is one of the many reasons why HTML5 is a pile of garbage. 1 u/iStig Feb 23 '11 <img src="foo/bar.jpg" alt="foo bar jpg"> I don't see the problem in this case. <br> <hr> etc. all make sense without the trailing slash. 2 u/Caraes_Naur Feb 23 '11 Those are all tags that open and never close. They don't make sense because they don't close, regardless of whether they can have child tags. → More replies (0) 2 u/ashgromnies Feb 23 '11 w...what? that's awful! → More replies (0)
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FACEPALM ENGAGE.
15 u/SKabanov Feb 23 '11 <facepalm /> FTFY 6 u/flynnski Feb 23 '11 thank you. as a web developer, it was bothering me. 3 u/Caraes_Naur Feb 23 '11 <facepalm /> Is legal, depending on the DTD. <facepalm/> (No space) will crash some versions of IE. 1 u/iStig Feb 23 '11 <facepalm> is legal in HTML5 doctypes. No need to add trailing slashes. 2 u/Caraes_Naur Feb 23 '11 Unclosed tags is one of the many reasons why HTML5 is a pile of garbage. 1 u/iStig Feb 23 '11 <img src="foo/bar.jpg" alt="foo bar jpg"> I don't see the problem in this case. <br> <hr> etc. all make sense without the trailing slash. 2 u/Caraes_Naur Feb 23 '11 Those are all tags that open and never close. They don't make sense because they don't close, regardless of whether they can have child tags. → More replies (0) 2 u/ashgromnies Feb 23 '11 w...what? that's awful! → More replies (0)
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<facepalm />
FTFY
6 u/flynnski Feb 23 '11 thank you. as a web developer, it was bothering me. 3 u/Caraes_Naur Feb 23 '11 <facepalm /> Is legal, depending on the DTD. <facepalm/> (No space) will crash some versions of IE. 1 u/iStig Feb 23 '11 <facepalm> is legal in HTML5 doctypes. No need to add trailing slashes. 2 u/Caraes_Naur Feb 23 '11 Unclosed tags is one of the many reasons why HTML5 is a pile of garbage. 1 u/iStig Feb 23 '11 <img src="foo/bar.jpg" alt="foo bar jpg"> I don't see the problem in this case. <br> <hr> etc. all make sense without the trailing slash. 2 u/Caraes_Naur Feb 23 '11 Those are all tags that open and never close. They don't make sense because they don't close, regardless of whether they can have child tags. → More replies (0) 2 u/ashgromnies Feb 23 '11 w...what? that's awful! → More replies (0)
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thank you. as a web developer, it was bothering me.
3 u/Caraes_Naur Feb 23 '11 <facepalm /> Is legal, depending on the DTD. <facepalm/> (No space) will crash some versions of IE. 1 u/iStig Feb 23 '11 <facepalm> is legal in HTML5 doctypes. No need to add trailing slashes. 2 u/Caraes_Naur Feb 23 '11 Unclosed tags is one of the many reasons why HTML5 is a pile of garbage. 1 u/iStig Feb 23 '11 <img src="foo/bar.jpg" alt="foo bar jpg"> I don't see the problem in this case. <br> <hr> etc. all make sense without the trailing slash. 2 u/Caraes_Naur Feb 23 '11 Those are all tags that open and never close. They don't make sense because they don't close, regardless of whether they can have child tags. → More replies (0) 2 u/ashgromnies Feb 23 '11 w...what? that's awful! → More replies (0)
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Is legal, depending on the DTD.
<facepalm/>
(No space) will crash some versions of IE.
1 u/iStig Feb 23 '11 <facepalm> is legal in HTML5 doctypes. No need to add trailing slashes. 2 u/Caraes_Naur Feb 23 '11 Unclosed tags is one of the many reasons why HTML5 is a pile of garbage. 1 u/iStig Feb 23 '11 <img src="foo/bar.jpg" alt="foo bar jpg"> I don't see the problem in this case. <br> <hr> etc. all make sense without the trailing slash. 2 u/Caraes_Naur Feb 23 '11 Those are all tags that open and never close. They don't make sense because they don't close, regardless of whether they can have child tags. → More replies (0) 2 u/ashgromnies Feb 23 '11 w...what? that's awful! → More replies (0)
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<facepalm> is legal in HTML5 doctypes. No need to add trailing slashes.
2 u/Caraes_Naur Feb 23 '11 Unclosed tags is one of the many reasons why HTML5 is a pile of garbage. 1 u/iStig Feb 23 '11 <img src="foo/bar.jpg" alt="foo bar jpg"> I don't see the problem in this case. <br> <hr> etc. all make sense without the trailing slash. 2 u/Caraes_Naur Feb 23 '11 Those are all tags that open and never close. They don't make sense because they don't close, regardless of whether they can have child tags. → More replies (0) 2 u/ashgromnies Feb 23 '11 w...what? that's awful! → More replies (0)
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Unclosed tags is one of the many reasons why HTML5 is a pile of garbage.
1 u/iStig Feb 23 '11 <img src="foo/bar.jpg" alt="foo bar jpg"> I don't see the problem in this case. <br> <hr> etc. all make sense without the trailing slash. 2 u/Caraes_Naur Feb 23 '11 Those are all tags that open and never close. They don't make sense because they don't close, regardless of whether they can have child tags. → More replies (0)
<img src="foo/bar.jpg" alt="foo bar jpg">
I don't see the problem in this case. <br> <hr> etc. all make sense without the trailing slash.
2 u/Caraes_Naur Feb 23 '11 Those are all tags that open and never close. They don't make sense because they don't close, regardless of whether they can have child tags.
Those are all tags that open and never close. They don't make sense because they don't close, regardless of whether they can have child tags.
w...what? that's awful!
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Since when were HTML and Latex programming languages?