HTML? More like ACHE-TML!

Where did it go wrong? Why has such a simple mark-up language turn into the bloated, over-compensation it is today? What do you turn to? XML? CSS? XHTML? PHP? CGI? ASP? SQL? PERL? HEX? BINARY? ELECTRICAL PULSES? INFARED? TWO CUPS ON A STRING?

>> >>7 is right. <shit>...</shit> sucks. I'd rather have $tagname{ ... }.
Whats wrong with <shit> .. </shit> to generate a layout?