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Why don't self-closing script tags work?

I've noticed that you can't slash-terminate a script tag when you specify a "src" and therefore don't require anything between the <script> and the </script>. This is the only tag I know of where you can't do that.

For example, this works:

<script type="text/javascript" src="scriptsource.js"></script>

and this doesn't

<script type="text/javascript" src="scriptsource.js" />
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Because the script requires an end tag:

Start tag: required, End tag: required

http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/scripts.html

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ahh, does the html4 specification supersede the xhtml spec?
@Tom the script end tag is required in all specs. Why has every single answer been down voted by someone?
cheers for the clarification, and I dunno, people too nice I guess? :P
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Is it because you have to have a closing tag?

<script type="text/javascript" src="scriptsource.js"></script>
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Ahhh whoops. I reread the question. Disregard.
it does seem that you need a closing tag, however I'm more wondering WHY this is that case, rather than IF it is, thanks for your answer though
No problem - it seems to have been answered in the question linked by Scobal.

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