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Re:The havoc the XML purists wrought by DrJokepu on Wednesday May 19, 2010 @11:08AM (#1361159)
You're using that application right now - XHTML takes the difference into consideration. Consider the <pre /> tag:

  <pre><b>Hello!</b></pre>
is rendered differently from

  <pre>
     <b>Hello!</b>
  </pre>
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Re:The havoc the XML purists wrought by arethuza on Wednesday May 19, 2010 @12:07PM (#1361347)
Good point! :-)
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