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title: The Complexities of Creating a Markdown Parser
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# The Complexities of Creating a Markdown Parser

[In this paper (.pdf)](http://hasseg.org/peg-markdown-highlight/peg-markdown-highlight.pdf) Ali Rantakari covers the complexities of parsing the Markdown markup language and building a Markdown syntax highlighter. A great read for anyone making any kind of syntax highlighter.

via [PEG Markdown Highlight](http://hasseg.org/peg-markdown-highlight/)