Comment by mmcnl
6 years ago
Why do these articles always pretend to be so know-it-all? I really don't like the explicit statement that "Markdown got it wrong", leaving no room for debate. For everything that Gruber supposedly "got wrong", a lot of arguments can be made for why Gruber got it "right", the author often explains that himself. That means that a lot of this is subjective. Let's keep the facts and opinion separate.
> Markdown got it wrong
You're right. The problem with the statement is that there's a presumption Markdown was created for the world at large, and I think it was originally designed for one "customer", who also happened to be the creator. Which means Markdown got it right.
It's also weird to say "this is wrong" about missing features that there are widely-used extensions for.