HTML is object code

Re:HTML is object code by lisper on Saturday August 01, 2009 @10:09PM (#736964)

What you say is true, but only because the software most people use on their servers makes it true. The conclusion is not that we should continue to use the current broken infrastructure, but that we should build different infrastructure. Your argument is kind of like someone in 1904 arguing that air travel will never be commercially viable because there aren't any airports.

I find it a bit distressing that I would have to explain this here on HN of all places.

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Re:HTML is object code by daleharvey on Saturday August 01, 2009 @10:32PM (#736990)

I didnt make an argument I pointed out a blatantly incorrect statement.

but to follow your point is there anything fundamentally flawed in the concept of html/css/javascript that makes portable sites impossible, or are you suggesting we make some pluggable generic server side rendering that can be controlled by the client because css doesnt deal with heights very well yet?

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Re:HTML is object code by lisper on Saturday August 01, 2009 @10:50PM (#737014)

> is there anything fundamentally flawed in the concept of html/css/javascript that makes portable sites impossible

No, of course not.

> or are you suggesting we make some pluggable generic server side rendering that can be controlled by the client because css doesnt deal with heights very well yet

Yeah, pretty much. That way you don't have to wait for the standards bodies or the browser developers.

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