Table Layouts vs. Div Layouts: From Hell to… Hell?

Nice to see something admit that, yes, div hell does exist and div/css based layout isn't intrinsically better -- you have to actuallyactually bother to do it right to get worthwhile results. Also nice to see it written out that there is indeed more to semantic markup than replacing your tables with divs and a stylesheet.

I can't believe this kind of crap is still floating around. Sorry to be harsh to anyone, but if you call yourself a "professional web developer" and think that:

a) Tables can even compete with CSS-based layouts; b) Replacing tables with DIVs is all it takes to do "standards-based" development; and c) Think CSS-layout is hard

then you probably need to reconsider your profession. The difficulties of this are well-documented and have been solved long before the current date - can we move onto real problems now?