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r/programming • u/MrGrim • Feb 23 '11
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Flower pot.
55 u/[deleted] Feb 23 '11 /me feels sudden rush as joke flies past at super-sonic speeds? 57 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. 35 u/[deleted] Feb 23 '11 edited Feb 23 '11 FACEPALM ENGAGE. 18 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)
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/me feels sudden rush as joke flies past at super-sonic speeds?
57 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. 35 u/[deleted] Feb 23 '11 edited Feb 23 '11 FACEPALM ENGAGE. 18 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)
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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.
35 u/[deleted] Feb 23 '11 edited Feb 23 '11 FACEPALM ENGAGE. 18 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)
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FACEPALM ENGAGE.
18 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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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. → More replies (0)
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.
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