A Language for the Web
Command Line Heroes
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The New Standardized HTM L Two Point O
In 19 95, h t m l was elevated from a bare set of tags to h tm l two point o. The only way to read it was from left to right, and the only way to write it was in english. A standardization may have been inevitable, but it also created exclusions. It ran the risk of turning non-English speakers into second class citizens of the west. And that was not inevitable. That was something people could fight to fix.
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