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From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
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Jukka K. Korpela wrote:

> 11/5/2011 6:15 PM, Luuk wrote:
>>> <script type="text/javscript">
>> you are missing an 'a' in 'javascript'
> 
> This illustrates why it is better to write just <script>, unless company
> police forces you to conform to formal specs that make the type
> attribute required (for no good reason).

No, it illustrates that a markup validator is to be used (before publishing 
content).

An omitted `type' attribute may mean that the script is not executed or that 
its content is regarded a syntax error.  Especially when a `language' 
attribute different from "JavaScript" (any letter-case variant) has been 
used before.
 

PointedEars
-- 
Danny Goodman's books are out of date and teach practices that are
positively harmful for cross-browser scripting.
 -- Richard Cornford, cljs, <cife6q$253$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk> (2004)