asterisks as bold or italic? (another push)

[John Gruber]

Lou Quillio <public at quillio.com> wrote on 03/30/04 at 6:42p:

> > I can see caps>>emphasis in print>>SHOUTING, if that's what you have 
> > in mind -- it's a natural progression -- but underscore?
> 
> Hyperlink.

I agree with this. Underscoring denotes linking in my mind, these
days. Anyone who still uses underscoring for emphasis (I'm not
talking about `_` characters in plain text, but `<u>` tags in HTML)
is making a mistake in my book.

-J.G.