Not as such, no, but the rendering of HTML from that markup is <code> nested in <pre>. The user agent is supposed to render it as the pre-formatted text it clai

Not as such, no, but the rendering of HTML from that markup is <code> nested in <pre>. The user agent is supposed to render it as the pre-formatted text it claims to be, complete with line breaks and returns as entered. It is meant for code, not for blockquotes.