Fine, I'm saying that showing a user they screwed up is neither a technology challenge, or a user interface challenge.
If I type squirtle right now in my browser, Chrome underlines it in red. Everyone's used to this.
Showing <code><code> with the second code underlined in red, to tell the user to change it to </code> is neither technically difficult, or confusing to users.
My point being, you seem to be arguing that markup is hard to make mistakes in. I'm retorting that helping users correct their HTML mistakes is not hard, and is a valid response to the problem that <code><code> poses.
Fine, I'm saying that showing a user they screwed up is neither a technology challenge, or a user interface challenge.
If I type squirtle right now in my browser, Chrome underlines it in red. Everyone's used to this.
Showing <code><code> with the second code underlined in red, to tell the user to change it to </code> is neither technically difficult, or confusing to users.
My point being, you seem to be arguing that markup is hard to make mistakes in. I'm retorting that helping users correct their HTML mistakes is not hard, and is a valid response to the problem that <code><code> poses.