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Why do Q & A require &lt; and &gt; to produce greater than less than whereas comments require literal < and > ? It seems inconsistent and inevitably I end up making an edit to fix it in one place or another.

I hesitated to try them in the title because I don't want to know.

Is it simply the browser behaviour of input vs textarea and can it be tweaked or something like that?

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    Why would you use < or > outside of a code element?
    – Brad Gilbert
    Commented Mar 7, 2010 at 4:52
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    The limitations should at least be documented in the FAQ.
    – Ether
    Commented Mar 7, 2010 at 17:14

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Questions and Answers allows actual HTML in them, while comments only allow markdown I believe.

AKA, In an Question or Answer I can do this

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AKA, In an <strong>Question or Answer I can do this</strong>
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  • Awesome, I had no idea that you could put HTML in questions and/or answers. Thanks!
    – PeterJCLaw
    Commented Mar 7, 2010 at 16:42

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