I didn't say it was desirable...it isn't. The reflow can cause odd breaks in sentences because words can't disconnect from each other. Tables work only sort of, so lining things up is always...er...interesting.
HTML was designed for web pages, and it was probably adopted for epubs because it was neutral and known by many. But you probably could have designed a better language, but then it would have been fought over and patented, etc, etc.etc.
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