Why HDL in a world of universal SGML browsers?
The key question raised by this analysis is why an SDL-based approach should be proposed in a world where free universal SGML Web browsers will soon be widely available. There are several reasons to support HDL as at least an interim standard. First, HDL would be more efficient for online document delivery than raw SGML served out with stylesheet files. The overhead needed to parse and render a fixed tag set like HDL is much less than what is needed to parse and render arbitrary markup. This is admittedly a short-term concern, but a real one. A corollary is that the relative simplicity of the HDL delivery standard would keep the level of programming needed to implement a Web browser within reach of the entrepreneurs who have been so successful in making the WWW a reality over the past year and a half. Universal SGML browsers are vastly more complex than browsers built around a hardwired tag set, and the programming effort needed to compete directly with them is simply beyond the reach
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