Why use definition lists (DL,DD,DT) tags for HTML forms instead of tables?

Question

I\'ve come across a few examples recently that do things like:

  
Full Name:
  


        

Answer 1

Virtually all forms are tabular. Do you ever see a form that's not tabular? The guidelines I've read suggested using the table tag for tabular presentation and that's exactly what forms, calendars, and spreadsheets are for. And now they're using DD and DT instead of tables? What is the Web coming to?! :)