> The point is why do we need something specific for math. You seem not to have been around when we had to do it over plain text. It sucked. MathML is a huge g

> The point is why do we need something specific for math. You seem not to have been around when we had to do it over plain text. It sucked. MathML is a huge gain for sharing thoughts over scientific matters. Of course, they aren't as important to today's "open web" compared to, say, ads and making text rumble with JS, but they shouldn't be relegated to an entirely unimportant position, especially considered they're part of the famous HTML5 standard that should supposedly deliver us from the dreaded fractures between platforms.