Re: [xml-dev] Why isn't the semicolon a reserved character?

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Re: [xml-dev] Why isn't the semicolon a reserved character?
[Default] On Sun, 16 Mar 2014 01:08:59 -0400, John Cowan
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| The real answer is "Because that's the way SGML did it."

Correct.  XML was "designed" as Sgml-Lite.