If you look at the html for his answers you'll notice that he uses <p> tag as a stand alone tag.
That's fine: the HTML spec clearly defines
the P element [w3.org]
as having an optional end tag. (XHTML requires it, but Slashdot uses HTML, not XHTML.)
Since when does <p> not have a closing tag?
The earliest example I could find was in 1993 from Tim Berner-Lee in an
HTML draft [w3.org]; search for "paragraph" and it transpires that </p> wasn't merely optional but not allowed at all:
Some elements (e.g. P, LI) are empty. They have no content. They show up as just a start tag.
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squeaky clean HTML (Score:5, Funny)
>answers preformatted in squeaky-clean HTML
What the hell would Slashdot editors know about clean HTML?
Re:squeaky clean HTML (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:squeaky clean HTML (Score:1, Funny)
If w3.org had to count all of the HTML errors at Slashdot, all of their computers immediately would catch on fire.
Re:squeaky clean HTML (Score:1)
Maybe Larry sent his answers preformatted in squeaky-clean HTML but Slashdot screwed it up...
Re:squeaky clean HTML (Score:1)
That's fine: the HTML spec clearly defines the P element [w3.org] as having an optional end tag. (XHTML requires it, but Slashdot uses HTML, not XHTML.)
The earliest example I could find was in 1993 from Tim Berner-Lee in an HTML draft [w3.org]; search for "paragraph" and it transpires that </p> wasn't merely optional but not allowed at all:
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