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From: dougcc@csv.viccol.edu.au (Douglas Miller)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: What SGML is and isn't
Message-ID: <754@csv.viccol.edu.au>
Date: 17 Jul 89 18:14:35 GMT
References: <15110@watdragon.waterloo.edu>
Organization: Computer Services, Victoria College, Melbourne
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In article <15110@watdragon.waterloo.edu>,
tbray@watsol.waterloo.edu (Tim Bray) writes:
> Some SGML talk churning around the newsgroup again.  This is a good thing, as
> people who are in the text-by-computer trade need to be thinking about the
> issues that SGML raises.

Yup, especially for people like me who weren't on the net when it was churning
last time.

> But
> the SGML standard itself is horribly flawed and permits some things which are
> unhelpful and even dangerous.  The details are too lengthy and sordid to go
> into here, but I can talk in detail on request.

Yes please, more detail!