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Because people know and like Markdown. It’s good enough so they don’t go looking for a replacement. Markdown is used enough that you are going to need to know
by markstos 4y ago
Because people know and like Markdown. It’s good enough so they don’t go looking for a replacement.
Markdown is used enough that you are going to need to know the syntax. So a competitor doesn’t just have to better, it has to have enough additional merits to be worth learning in addition to Markdown.
- nerdponx 4y agoAsciiDoctor and Org Mode both have substantial additional merits over Markdown, and have dedicated user bases. The problem nowadays is that of implementation availability.