> I believe, MD has proliferated this far, not because it is an ambiguous, open to interpretation spec but in-spite of that.
Gruber apparently directly disagrees with this:
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Yes, but the author's statement was made in direct response to Gruber's; the author was aware of, and responding to that statement.
I was wondering that too, but I could not find this quote cited anywhere. Did I miss it?
When it comes to blog posts on Markdown standardization, I think that Gruber's stance that Markdown succeeded because of its lack of specification is assumed background information. I don't think that tweet is the first time Gruber has expressed the sentiment.
I agree, there was never any doubt that Gruber felt this way.
I just thought it was interesting that the OP's quote was in direct contradiction to a quote Gruber Tweeted yesterday, and thought the Tweet and its context was worth including here, considering it wasn't cited in the blog.
How Apple-like of him.