Re: Markup Language

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On Thu, 18 Sep 1997, Christopher K. Lester wrote:
> At 04:29 PM 9/18/97 -0700, you wrote:
> >um, WHY do we need ANY markup language?
> >
>
> For me, simplicity and convenience. Instead of having to do multiple lines
> of coding, use one line... etc. etc.
>
> I'm writing various business applications and other utilities, whose output
> I want to clarify and spice-up with colors and positioning and etc. Instead
> of breaking up multiple "puts" with multiple "text_color"s, I can use the
> markup language to display everything nicely and neatly.

So, you'd rather have one really complex line than 3 simple lines?
ok.

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