> it's all in the tooling, of which Markdown is unrivaled. The tooling for Emacs is unrivaled. Markdown is, honestly, pretty cool: it’s probably the best thin

> it's all in the tooling, of which Markdown is unrivaled. The tooling for Emacs is unrivaled. Markdown is, honestly, pretty cool: it’s probably the best thing the John Gruber has ever done. I think that it’s arguable that Markdown will survive everyone now alive on Earth. But I believe that Emacs will last longer still, because Emacs is not a text format but a powerful user-extensible environment. As long as general-purpose computers are legal, folks will use something recognisable as an Emacs.