They shouldn't had mean, they should had said that.
Because 99% of time we have a bunch of <p> in assortments of <div> representing a tabular data. Dozens of "web" "front-end" "frameworks" doesn't help it in any way, too.
Yes, table for layout and table for tabular data is different things. This was usually very clear in advices. Don't use <table> for layout. DO use <table> for tables.
They shouldn't had mean, they should had said that.
Because 99% of time we have a bunch of <p> in assortments of <div> representing a tabular data. Dozens of "web" "front-end" "frameworks" doesn't help it in any way, too.