rST is also much more powerful than Markdown. You can write an academic papar properly in rST. You can add custom directives implemented in Python and stuff. If

rST is also much more powerful than Markdown. You can write an academic papar properly in rST. You can add custom directives implemented in Python and stuff. If I could make everyone use rST instead of Markdown, I would. Of course Markdown is simpler in many aspects. But therefore it lacks many things that rST has.