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> Markdown could be improved in a similar way over time I think that is unlikely to happen any time soon. The problem is there isn't any kind of authority tha
by thayne 11mo ago
> Markdown could be improved in a similar way over time
I think that is unlikely to happen any time soon.
The problem is there isn't any kind of authority that can improve it. The closest we have is commonmark, which is more of a deacriptive specification rather than prescriptive.
- giobox 11mo agoThe inventor of markdown, John Gruber (yes that John Gruber of daringfireball fame) has always distanced himself from any efforts to make it a "standard" too, in part why we ended up with the name "CommonMark" for that project... > https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/ https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/ > https://blog.codinghorror.com/standard-markdown-is-now-common-markdown/ https://blog.codinghorror.com/standard-markdown-is-now-commo...