HTML—the Most Difficult Programming Language in the World: Where we seem to stand after declaring that HTML is a programming language and finding that most HTML documents contain errors. https://lnkd.in/eUSDb32v #webdev #html
SGML-1969 invented Tag based markup languages have only been around for only over 50 years or 39 if you go with what a GPT says is the official start based on ISO 8879:1986 SGML - ha ha ha In my humble opinion, it's unfortunate that markdown is used instead of HTML. Methinks most humans don't realize that the SGML std does NOT require end tags and neither does HTML5. So simple, human readable, tagging can handle the lift while providing meaningful hooks for validation (parsers), and styling (rendering engines) as there's also that standard for a DOM thingy. Oh well, long live the most difficult programming language in the world!! 🤣
I agree, poorly written HTML causes a lot of accessibility issues too. That's why I always stress on the importance of learning HTML well. It seems like a given for a programmer, even for junior levels. But I've seen a lot of wild things, mainly from seniors I must say 🫣