[accordionclown]

gruber didn't "invent" markdown.

he took the idea from dean allen, who had created "textile" (which was featured in the movabletype blogging-system gruber used).

gruber reworked that idea slightly, then released it with a catchy name, and somehow received all the credit.

as for gruber's blog, i would say it is evenhanded and informative, albeit focused on apple and its products. the blog is certainly not "fawning", and i think most apple-buyers feel no need to "justify" their purchases.

[lern_too_spel]

Markdown is as different from Textile as it is from Wikitext, which is another precursor I mentioned.

Evenhanded and informative? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9345962

Any time Apple has a product in a space where there are other competitors, Apple's products are magically always the best in Gruber's blog.

[accordionclown]

i'm sure very few people care that you and i disagree.