🚀 go-pugleaf

I got /The SGML Handbook/ today, and found a few bugs while leafing
through it:

 - There is a reference to "H.400" which should've been "X.400".

 - Syntax productions are indented for each level of parentheses in
   the production, but fail to de-indent if there are more than one
   closing parenthesis on a line.  Multiple opening parentheses are
   treated right, however.  This error is consistent, which is what
   we'd expect.

David failed to mention one really _neat_ thing:  It's a paper
hypertext dream come true!  The blurb says:

   o  A unique ``push-button access system'' that provides the
      hypertext links between the standard, annotations, and
      tutorials.

Another surprising element is that the ISO 8879 text adheres to
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC18/WG8 document N1035, which contains suggestions for
future amendments to ISO 8879.  While this certainly makes it more
readable (the changes seem to be of high quality), it requires that
one consult the standard when quoting.  Goldfarb has been foresighted
enought to provide change bars in the margin for affected sections,
and include the "old" text in an appendix, so it's eminently possible
to relieve oneself of referring to the standard _and_ the amendment.

David said: "It seems to me that this book will simply *replace* the
ISO document for most of us who work intensively with SGML."  I find
this to be very probable.

All in all, after having spent a few hours leafing through this
awesome book and enjoying the wit and humor in the footnotes as well
as in the text, I really appreciate it.  I highly recommend it, from
what I've seen so far.

Now, I have a vague recollection of CFG himself being reachable as
<gml@ibm.com>.  Can someone confirm this before I mail something off
to a mailing list or something equally embarrassing?
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