> That doesn’t look like much progress in half a century.
Considering the author of groff became the SGML expert, with SGML supporting custom syntax parsing ranging from troff-like line commands all the way to markdown or Wikimedia syntax or subsets thereof precisely for unifying ad-hoc syntax, and SGML the basis for the HTML vocabulary from which these want to run away, I'd rather say tech is re-invented in generational circles. Or devs simply like to grow mini languages ;)
Considering the author of groff became the SGML expert, with SGML supporting custom syntax parsing ranging from troff-like line commands all the way to markdown or Wikimedia syntax or subsets thereof precisely for unifying ad-hoc syntax, and SGML the basis for the HTML vocabulary from which these want to run away, I'd rather say tech is re-invented in generational circles. Or devs simply like to grow mini languages ;)