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peterkelly
on Sept 5, 2014
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Why CommonMark Isn't the Solution
If you're writing a parser - or defining a "standard" - without a formal grammar, you're doing it wrong.
kazagistar
on Sept 5, 2014
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Context sensitive languages are a thing.
zzleeper
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Are they working towards building a formal grammar? I thought so from yesterday's discussion, but I don't know how hard would be to get a sane BNF for markdown
chrisseaton
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They don't have to use BNF - they can use any reasonable grammar notation for the spec, and let implementors work out what tech to use.
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