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by tannhaeuser 100 days ago
> The main property of SGML-derived languages is that they make "list" a first class object, and nesting second class (by requiring "end" tags) ...

I think you're missing the forrest for the trees ;)

The major point of SGML in this context is that elements have content models defined by regular expressions, just like any other grammar productions eg. BNF.