Frank wrote:
> Karsten Farrell wrote:
> <snip>
>
>>
>> And HTML is so non-portable between web browsers as to be a joke. And
>> lots of Java code has to be rewritten every time a new JDK comes out.
>> And MS C++ with MFC is not portable to a Borland IDE. And in the old
>> days I had to rewrite all my Sperry-Univac Fortran routines to make
>> them run on CDC.
>
> Whoooo! HTML is standard, M$ and Netscape choose to create
> browsers that did not abide the standard.
>
> Frank
>
Exactly! Which is why I said "*between* web browsers". But let's not
forget the other web browser players as well. How many times have you
seen links especially for AOL users? Personally, I use Mozilla ... but
it's a relatively new kid on the block ... so it didn't have to try to
keep up with the changing standards of HTML (could start with HTML 4).
Received on Tue Jan 07 2003 - 14:38:12 CST
