Xah Talk Show 2019-06-04 the of scourge of html/xml entities

topic discussed:

• what are entities
• over a thousand new entities in html5
• Fredrick Brennan, creator of 8chan
• how Artificial Intelligence changes human behavior
• why entities and escape character sequence should be ban'd
• math symbols
• semantic and symbols in English: e.g. , i.e.
• Programing Language Design: String Syntax

links:

• HTML/XML Entity List
• Unicode: Math Symbols ∑ ∫ π² ∞
• Unicode Symbol for “e.g.” (exempli gratia)
• Problems of Symbol Congestion in Computer Languages; ASCII Jam vs Unicode
• Semantics and Symbols: Examples of Unicode Symbols Usage
• Programing Language Design: String Syntax
• PHP: String Syntax
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