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They're using PHP and Smarty, from looking at comments in the source code.

I find it highly ironic that the people in charge of web standards and consistency use the programming language with least consistent syntax.

Does consistency in programming language somehow automatically translate to consistency in output?

No. What I find ironic is the cultural mismatch. PHP seems an unlikely language for technological idealists.

I don't think they are really idealists - more pragmatic than idealism implies.

Heh, I think it ties in very nicely with my experience of W3C specs!