That’s not to say that Markdown, WikiScript, LaTEX, or using in-lined emacs command syntax is any more or less valid than HTML or whatever other syntax someone else has a vested interest in using.

The only thing that matters is whether or not the output of said syntax methodology is readable with zero effort on my part.

(Heck, you could code this using straight MIME encoded UNICODE variables for all I care at that point.)

I mean, ${some_variable} to echo a variable, and if/else, and foreach an array?

Or, do you just use something like PHP’s and use PHP’s if/else/foreach? Or Ruby or Python, etc, I mean.

So that particular issue, pain in the bottom as it can on rare occasions be, is easy to work around now and will completely vanish in the future.

It’s too clunky and requires as much user involvement to get it working 100% of the time as simple HTML or BBCode. Nothing more frustrating than posting a URL with an underscore in it and having markdown convert those underscores into italics, breaking the whole damned thing.

In fact, it’s nice in that it gives you control without sacrificing readability.