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If you are trying to tell me that HTML was purpose built for the task that it does today, then I'm sorry but I do not agree.
by laythea 9y ago
If you are trying to tell me that HTML was purpose built for the task that it does today, then I'm sorry but I do not agree.
- BjoernKW 9y agoTools can be used beyond the area they were originally intended for and still be useful and appropriate. Tim Berners-Lee probably didn't have single-page applications in mind when he invented HTML but hyperlinked documents are also inherently more dynamic and application-like than traditional documents. Just think about HyperCard, which is a similar concept HTML and the World Wide Web were inspired by. So, yes in a way indeed HTML was also built for many of the purposes it's used for today.