"James Fisher" <jameshfis...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:mailman.1279.1309339361.14074.digitalmar...@puremagic.com... > > I don't aim to proselytize one mini-language over another, as they're much > of a muchness. But I'd hope to convince people that: > > - Besides required functionality, the key reason to choose one > markup/documentation/html-generating format is popularity. It opens up > development to new users, frees up maintainers of old documentation > generators, and gives you new tools to use for free. Markup formats are > one > area where Might Is Right.
Popularity should *never* be a significant concern. That's how we end up with complete shit like PHP becoming widespread.
