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by djoldman 561 days ago
> This jump in cost disrupts the trade-off between richness and effort. For content with a sweet spot just beyond Markdown’s limits, the additional effort often seems too high for the small gain in richness, leading to a preference for staying with Markdown and sacrificing richness.

Why is asciidoc not more popular? It seems to support more than markdown and seems straightforward.

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asciidoc, restructured text, and there are several others tools that support some more features.