[jbritton]

I strongly dislike flexible input like __Unambiguous___, *Unambiguous*

I’m reminded of the time Microsoft allowed mistakes in html writing. They attempted to parse a wide variety of common user errors. The effect of this was no standard and nobody else able to write a Microsoft compatible parser.

I dislike Nim lang because of this. At least Nim defined the specification. Still though I think it creates more cognitive load learning every legal variation and it makes searching more difficult.

I think to authors point if Markdown actually had a strict simple definition with one way to do it and no embedded html we would be better off.

[NetMageSCW]

Why does flexible input bother you? There’s more than one way to do it is more than motto, it’s how all human languages work. Or does speaking English really bother you?

[jbritton]

More complexity, no benefit. Human languages have lots of problems. I would simplify English if I knew how and had the power to make it so.