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		b0rsuk on Aug 14, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The LaTeX Fetish (2016) Some good points for reST instead of markdown: `* Markdown has many flavors, reST is standarized * reST is extensible * reST is semantic, Markdown is just text.` http://ericholscher.com/blog/2016/mar/15/dont-use-markdown-f... reST is marginally harder than markdowns, so is it really worth sticking with MD ?

lmm on Aug 14, 2017 [–]

That margin is huge. I've worked with rST, and it's just not fun to write in the way that Markdown is; even a little friction makes a huge difference to the writing experience.

ygra on Aug 14, 2017 | [–]

Asciidoc is a viable alternative, I think.

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