@mirabilos @joel @tilvids @sotolf @benjaminhollon @thelinuxcast

I actually really like #markdown, mostly because it's little more than a distillation/refinement of some wiki formats I've used in the past, like #WikkaWiki and older versions of @TiddlyWiki (which I really loved).

But no, TeX, it ain't. It's not even trying to be @mediawiki.

There are definitely better formats if precision is a goal. Maybe #ReStructuredText? (I really don't know anything about it).

@seddon @mjgardner @benjaminhollon @sotolf

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What we call "Markdown" today is just a nicely refined and orthagonal (is that the right word? lol) version of many common wiki formats, especially #WikkaWiki and #TiddlyWiki.

I'm not saying it's plagiarism, I'm sure he looked at what was out there and tried to make a good replacement for it.