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We probably understand that term differently. Markdown and code is "plain text" in my opinion (just like JSON and csv and ini etc). Basically everything that ca
by poincaredisk 2y ago
We probably understand that term differently. Markdown and code is "plain text" in my opinion (just like JSON and csv and ini etc). Basically everything that can be easily edited using a regular text editor is plaintext. Alternatively, everything that can be checked into and diffed using git. I think this is the same understanding the author has.
This rules out special characters and binary file formats, of course.
- zokier 2y agobut code and prose are intrinsically very different, code has strictly defined structure and form in a way that free-form text or prose does not. code is generally tree-shaped, text is generally linear. and so on
- zelphirkalt 2y agoA lot of code calls out to higher levels from lower levels. Does it still count as tree? Prose can also have strict structure.