Markdown (2004)

33 points by dhruvp

carlana

RIP.

coby

TIL Aaron Swartz was involved in the invention of Markdown!

I can't read his name without feeling some anger. Over a life cut short, of course, and also over the talent robbed of the world. Imagine what he might be making today.

faassen

It's interesting to see how many names in the comments I recognize. And how quietly influential the Python world already was at the time.

gerikson

Thanks for mentioning the comments, I missed them at first glance!

edit interesting to see that RestructuredText has been fighting a rearguard action for 21 years...
- Sanity
  
  Including one from Zooko saying he likes YAML..
  
  (Too bad they didn't seem to know of org-mode, which appeared the year before. <img src="the_ future_if.jpg"/>)
- ki9
  
  I think there is a law:
  
  Anytime a new thing is invented, someone will always ask, "why not just use <old thing>?"