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Re: The Web (HTML) Sux

From	Diego Garcia <dg@linux.rocks>
Subject	Re: The Web (HTML) Sux
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy
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Date	2025-12-23 08:04 +0000
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On Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:48:46 -0000 (UTC), Beej Jorgensen wrote:

> 
> To be fair, though, PDFs aren't just pure information--there's a ton of
> layout data in there, too. XML would be purer. And, arguably, HTML is
> purer data.
> 

Of course.  PDF is derived from PostScript which is a Page Description
Language. 

But the "layout data" is generated entirely with software and
need not concern the author who is thereby free to concentrate
on the pure information.

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    Re: The Web (HTML) Sux Tyrone <none@none.none> - 2025-12-20 14:21 +0000
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