Redesign of dlang.org

[Steven Schveighoffer via Digitalmars-d]

On Tue, 10 Jun 2014 10:06:57 -0400, Andrei Alexandrescu  
<SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:

> On 6/10/14, 3:42 AM, Sönke Ludwig wrote:
>> * Are there any other opinions on this? I remember that there have been
>> some strong proponents of using DDOC for things, so it would be bad if
>> in the end Markdown were to be dropped, after all of the work has
>> already been done. Personally I'd strongly favor Markdown, though.
>
> I think ddoc is a lot more flexible than markdown, and I'm baffled by  
> the claim that ddoc is difficult to learn. That said I do agree it's a  
> turnoff for first-time website contributors. IMHO if we switch away from  
> ddoc we should switch to something better, not something just different.

Markdown can be instantly understood by anyone who sees it. DDOC requires  
lookup/learning, even if you know how DDOC works, you still have to figure  
out what all the macros mean and do. And none of that is documented as far  
as I know.

Flexibility isn't everything. The goal is to make it easy to be an author.

-Steve