Against Markdown

2 months ago

Markdown is underspecified, lacking basic elements like definition lists, local links, and tables.
Markdown is non-semantic, with text-level elements often misused for structure rather than meaning.
Markdown leaks HTML, forcing users to rely on HTML for complex structures.
Markdown is tool-specific, with different tools supporting varying features, leading to portability issues.
The format is incomplete, non-portable, and conflated with the tools that render it.

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