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Great post - I would stress that for me, one of the big limitations of Markdown is that it just doesn't do everything LaTeX does.

So although it might be slightly easier to get started with, it doesn't let you do everything you need (as a scientific writer).

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> Markdown is that it just doesn't do everything LaTeX does.

That's not the purpose of Markdown. Markdown is a quick language to write HTML formatted content,nothing more.It's supports a limited set of tags. It's popular because it's simple ,unlike LaTeX. It's popular because it's easy to write a Markdown parser. Simple tools are always popular.There is nothing more to it. A rant against Markdown is unnecessary.It was designed for a single,limited purpose.

It wasn't meant as a rant against markdown -- just my observation that, for me, I found its simplicity limiting rather than helpful (I appreciate I could have made that clearer in my initial comment though)

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