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What exactly is your comment about? Have you heard about asciidoc before?

• Tomte 2y ago
  AsciiDoc is even older than Markdown.
  • kleiba 2y ago
    As is org-mode. I think Markdown is one of those VHS vs Betamax kind of situations where it was just lucky to get the traction that its competitors didn't.
    • tetris11 2y ago
      Org-mode failed with hyperlinks and images: [[https://123.com][Description]] is way more cumbersome than Markdown's: [Description](https://123.com)
      • kleiba 2y ago
        I find the use of a single type of bracket to be less cumbersome than Markdown's variant. The two extra characters don't bother me.
        • tetris11 2y ago
          I think my main hangup is that the thing I wish to markup is preceded by the link, instead of succeeded by it
    • fhars 2y ago
      That is a bad analogy, as VHS won through pure technological superiority (it was able to record a standard length TV program without you having to sit in front of the device to switch the cassette in the middle).
  • L3viathan 2y ago
    Only technically. By that name, yes, but much of Markdown was "discovered" rather than invented, having been used in email/newsgroups/... for a long time.
    • Symbiote 2y ago
      Those parts apply equally to both languages.