The main point of Markdown is that it's easy to write and read without any extra rendering processes. https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax#philo

The main point of Markdown is that it's easy to write and read without any extra rendering processes. https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax#philosophy https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax#philosop... Here is a nice article of many light weight markup languages: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightweight_markup_language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightweight_markup_language I like Markdown a lot, though I prefer org-mode due to the extra features it comes with. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Org-mode https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Org-mode