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> XML has self-closing tag syntax but it wasn't always handled well by browsers. So we'll add another syntax for browsers to handle. https://xkcd.com/927/ htt
by Pxtl 9mo ago
> XML has self-closing tag syntax but it wasn't always handled well by browsers.
So we'll add another syntax for browsers to handle.
https://xkcd.com/927/ https://xkcd.com/927/
- deleted 9mo ago[deleted]
- kbolino 9mo agoI was going to respond that HTML was the original syntax and XML the usurper, but a comment in another thread casts some doubt on that version of events: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46576844 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46576844