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I'm still upset that Markdown ended up getting all the mindshare and doesn’t evolve. All the fragmentation through different markdown flavors doesn’t help.
by Ringz 2y ago
I'm still upset that Markdown ended up getting all the mindshare and doesn’t evolve. All the fragmentation through different markdown flavors doesn’t help.
- fwip 2y agoEvolution in the biological world usually looks a lot like fragmentation, at least in the short term.
- Ringz 2y agoYou are right. It would be interesting to compare evolution from a computer scientific and biological point of view. To find out if they are similar… I believe that natural evolution makes it easier to let the bad branches die out.
- bandyaboot 2y agoWe need a specification for the forced extinction of markup languages that fail to gain traction.
- threatofrain 2y agoThe original core markdown being privately owned and frozen doomed it to having a politically funny future.