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HTML used to serve as a simple way to format a document. Now HTML is too complex for that purpose. Introduce markdown. In ten years, markdown will be too comple
by jostmey 10y ago
HTML used to serve as a simple way to format a document. Now HTML is too complex for that purpose. Introduce markdown. In ten years, markdown will be too complex for formatting documents.
I am big of markdown in case I didn't make that clear. I love it
- hawkice 10y agoIt wasn't an issue of simplicity, it was about HTML being extremely hard to sanitize so it isn't turing complete. Having formatting (that can still line up with your sites styles) while knowing you can't get script injection is pretty useful.
- wtetzner 10y agoI don't think it's that HTML is too complex. It's more that Markdown allows documents to be marked up in a way that "natural" and easy to read if you're reading the plain text version of it.