That (= treating as object code) does not preclude producing validating HTML. In fact, on the contrary, that is the only way (IMHO) one can produce validating H

That (= treating as object code) does not preclude producing validating HTML. In fact, on the contrary, that is the only way (IMHO) one can produce validating HTML - if your HTML all goes through a common piece of code for rendering tags. See AppJet's HTML producing JS functions, for example.