Link pseudos vs dynamic pseudos

Why are the link pseudos mutually exclusive while the dynamic ones 
are not?

http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-CSS21-20030915/selector.html#link-pseudo-
classes

To my mind it seems like even a visited link is a link.

 /Staffan

Received on Friday, 5 December 2003 12:46:40 UTC