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> I've been conflicted about this kind of stuff for a long time, but at
> this point I've concluded that markup takes more forms than XML, and
> that CSS is probably better served by the choice of markup
> that it made
> than it would be with piles of attributes, even if they were
> put into a
> CSS namespace or somesuch.
I think there's a difference, though, between this :
<rect
style="stroke: black; fill:none;"/>
(which really add any legibility at all) and this:
<path d="
M 300.75 412.25
L 294.75 412.25
L 294.75 406.25
L 300.75 406.25
L 300.75 412.25
"
/>
which is much easier to read than if it were split up into
attributes/elements.
But, as you say, the debate is de facto lost anyhow. Far be it from the
likes of me to criticize a Recommendation authored by the perfectly enmeshed
(enmashed?) intellects of close to 40 people, some of whom may have been
subtly influenced by the syntax of a certain company's proprietary language.
Dang! That was dripping in sarcasism, wasn't it? Another timeout for
me....
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