[joesuf4]

Perhaps I should say syntax, but really how are you supposed to know what is meant when someone writes $1.50, $2.00 or $\text{more}$.

[joesuf4]

Besides, nobody gives a crap about Wikipedia file formats. They are not specs that others may implement independently.

GFM is a spec, not a vendor format.

[applicative]

original gruber-swartz markdown has no spec, just perl program with many comical corner cases.

[joesuf4]

The spec is linked to in the article. Do you know how to click on a link, or do you use Braille?

[flexagoon]

That is an overview of the syntax the program supports. It's not even remotely a formal specification.

[joesuf4]

Yawn.

[applicative]

there is absolutely no specification. one who thinks there is has no idea what such words actually mean. thousands have burned their brains on this question

[joesuf4]

There is absolutely no point to your post. We are discussing GFM, which is also linked to in the article you didn't read.

[applicative]

Its good they cancelled this thread. In fact I read the post, which shows you are completely ignorant of the history of markdowns and the various basically scientific problems they have posed. Thus e.g. commonmark, the basis of gfm, was devised in consortium between github, pandoc (whose author composed the specification) and assorted other well known markdowns.