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Actual author of Sundown here.

> even if it was active it's not a very common Markdown implementation

First, even if this was true, it's still _not_ OK to name your project Sundown.

Second, _my_ Sundown is the most used Markdown engine in the world. It has powered all Markdown rendering in GitHub.com and Reddit.com for more than 5 years, and it has rendered billions more documents than all other Markdown parsers out there.

Could you please not be an asshole and rename your project? It's really not that hard to come up with a name for a parser. Don't steal mine.



> Could you please not be an asshole and rename your project?

I have updated the blog post and changed the name to "SunSed Short-form HTML tags" it also better describes what it is.

I have high respect for you and your work and admit that the way I came up with the name was sloppy!


Thank you, I appreciate that. I'll point people at SunSed the next time they ask about MD alternatives. :)




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