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Don't confuse "important" with "fundamental". He probably meant foundational to begin with.

The web for instance is an unholy mess. We can do better for mass electronic publishing. We don't because that huge pile of crap is already there, and it's so damn useful.



Webdesign IMHO is be an extreme example of formatted output. I/O is a fundamental concept.




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