Argments against using <>

(But it is pointed out, we can't exclude every set of characters used by some markup. Of course SGML has escaping mechanisms to allow <> to be expressed)

Editor's note: The fervent reaction against <> seems to be from those who mix plain text and SGML. The ditor disapproves of this practice, and feels that one should know what one is dealing with at any time.

Tim BL