Re: How stable is reStructuredText format?
Roberto Alsina <[email protected]>
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On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 5:31 AM crocket <[email protected]> wrote: > If I wrote a document in reStructuredText, how long can I expect it to > last? > > It depends. Will there be a stable, maintained toolchain to process your text in 100 years? Probably not. Will there be a stable, maintained tool to view the HTML or PDF output of your text in 100 years? Probably yes, because there are enough things that need to live a long time in those formats. Will there be a stable, maintained tool to open text files in 100 years? Most likely. If you change those "100" to lower numbers, each one becomes more likely. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot