It feels like they have distinct sweet spots. Markdown is good if you want simplicity that lets you do headings, emphasis and bold, and gets out of your way. I

It feels like they have distinct sweet spots. Markdown is good if you want simplicity that lets you do headings, emphasis and bold, and gets out of your way. I write fiction in Markdown. AsciiDoc is good if you want structured documents. I would use it to write a technical manual.