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Re:Using Flat Files So Elections Don’t Break Your Server by masklinn on Tuesday December 21, 2010 @08:38AM (#2027679)
> A static file, or more simple, a HTML file is what they're actually talking about.

Static yes, HTML no, an HTML file could still have e.g. SSI instructions. It's valid HTML, but if the webserver supports SSI it's not going to be static.

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Re:Using Flat Files So Elections Don’t Break Your Server by idive on Tuesday December 21, 2010 @08:59AM (#2027724)
Well, now we're arguing semantics, but no... an SSI instruction is not part of HTML. It's a server-side scripting language. I could set up my server to interpret PHP embedded in .html files as well, but then they're not really HTML files any more.
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