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Forgiving HTML parsing is one of the great strengths of the web. http://quandyfactory.com/blog/39/the_virtue_of_forgiving_html_parsers http://quandyfactory.com

• innguest 12y ago
  The main point of that article is: > They're missing the point. The virtue of forgiving parsers is that they vastly increase the pool of people able and willing to create web content. I find it very hard to believe more people are coding because the threshold of what is an error has been relaxed. Although I do admit 'On Error Resume Next' is what kept me motivated to learn programming in VB6. So I'd say it might be an advantage for getting more people hooked in programming webpages, but professionally the price we pay to have this easy ramp up for beginners is very high.
  • emodendroket 12y ago
    Really? You think normal people have the patience for the Web browser just excepting out if they forget to close a tag?
    • Cthulhu_ 12y ago
      Well, my other software development does too actually.
      • emodendroket 12y ago
        But that's the thing; there are many, many people out there writing HTML who are not programmers. I mean, much of it is a horrifying mess, but it looks more or less correct in a Web browser or an e-mail client and that's what's exciting about it.
  • Animats 12y ago
    "Forgiving parsers" meant people had to learn when to use <!--[if IE 6]> Special instructions for IE 6 here <![endif]-->