7 Jan
1999
7 Jan
'99
4:26 p.m.
On Thu, 7 Jan 1999, Tony Duell wrote:
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I am not convinced html (or any other markup language)
is more expressive
than plain text. Easier to be expressive in, possibly. But remember that
an awful lot of books have been written using just the characters on a
typewriter....
-tony
...or using quill pen and foolscap. I find it impossible to believe that
the quality of Shakespeare's work would have been improved by either
typewriter or html. The quantity? Perhaps.
- don