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		zzleeper on Sept 5, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why CommonMark Isn't the Solution 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 on Sept 5, 2014 [–]

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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