Markdown RFC?
John Gruber
gruber at fedora.net
Mon Feb 18 21:00:35 EST 2008
On Feb 18, 2008, at 7:11 PM, Waylan Limberg wrote:
>> Yes, it's called Markdown.pl <g>.
>
> I have to respectfully disagree. Mr. Gruber himself has said a few
> times on this list that just because markdown.pl does something
> doesn't mean it's right. In fact, my recollection is that he indicated
> the syntax rules are the final authority and that markdown.pl fails in
> some instances.
The syntax documentation at http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax
should be considered the closest thing to a reference, but it's
certainly not a formal specification. I could give a rip about formal
specifications, truth be told.
-J.G.
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