Script tag in XHTML

Question

This might sound like a reaaaally dumb question but...

why do browsers have a fit with this syntax:

<script type='text/javascript' src="/path/to/my.js" />

and want this instead

<script type='text/javascript' src="/path/to/my.js"></script>

Seems the first construct should be valid since there's no inner content to the tag..

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See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/69913/why-dont-self-closing-script-tags-work — wsanville, Apr 20 '10 at 01:45

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:30

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edited May 23 '17 at 12:30

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answered Apr 20 '10 at 01:44

Dustin Laine

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