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Subject: Re: [xml-dev]
From: "Thomas B. Passin" <tpassin@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2002 09:14:36 -0400
References: <MHEKJACEHBDICMHDOHNDIEODCFAA.Gerben@Casnet.net>

[Gerben Rampaart]

> This is because the double hyphen in comments is legal XML ... but illegal
> SGML. Since compatibility is still maintained between XML and SGML, leave
> the '--' out is the best thing to do in XML.
>

It is not legal xml and parsers give a fatal error.  Perhaps you mean that,
if SGML compatibility had not been an issue, then double hyphens would have
been allowed?

Cheers,

Tom P

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