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From: Alexander Cherepanov <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 00:43:47 +0300
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15-Feb-01 10:56 Hans Aberg wrote:
>>So (my) conclusion is: since there are cases which cannot be parsed by a
>>human, markup is not only for stupid computers but is unavoidable in
>>principle and is essential when you express such delicate things as
>>thoughts in such a coarse form as a written text.

> If a sentence cannot be parsed by a human, it is of little use in the
> human world I gather.

Such a sentence _without markup_ cannot be parsed by a human, so it's
useless when it doesn't have markup; I agree. But the author adds markup to
the sentence, so it becomes useful. I'ld like to emphasize that the author
doesn't parse anything (except his thoughts; and his thoughts are already
markuped:-)) when he adds markup to his sentence.

Sasha

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