On Fri, 4 Feb 2000 1:21:6 +0800, J J Young wrote:

> The use of comment tags to hide scripting allows pre-JavaScript and
> Java-aware browsers to co-exist as long as the guidelines are obeyed.

> As Arachne is not a pre-JavaScript browser, she _should_ be aware
> of the script tags and choose to ignore the scripting between them,
> until such time as some Java capability has percolated.

> This would give her a "belt & braces" approach that isn't fazed by omitted
> comment tags.

> Incidentally, JavaScript doesn't only appear in the head of documents.

That's a good point.

Michael,
Would this work???
 "<script" == "<!--" and "</scritpt>" == "-->"

Also IMO, "<!--" should not require "-->"

The next "<" should be interpreted correctly even if "-->" is not found.


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