alt Hacker NewsIt’s much easier to have to remember fewer rules and for things to be ok if you get some wrong, yes.
Especially for casual users of HTML.
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TZubiri • yesterday at 5:07 PM
But learning about self closing tags is an additional rule
wizzwizz4 • yesterday at 7:43 PM
<script /> is invalid HTML, and <img></img> is also invalid HTML. There's no way to avoid knowing HTML syntax.
Bad reasoning.
“Always close your tags” is a simpler rule (and fewer rules, depending how you count) than “Close your tags, except possibly in situations A, B, C…”.