Add comparison with GitHub Flavored Markdown spec#1550
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| | Fenced Code (tildes) | ✅ `~~~` | ❌ | Conflicts with strikethrough syntax | | ||
| | Info strings (language) | ✅ any | ⚠️ `ruby`/`rb`/`c` | Limited syntax highlighting | | ||
| | Blockquotes | ✅ | ✅ | Full match, nested supported | | ||
| | Lazy Continuation | ✅ | ❌ | GFM allows omitting `>` on continuation lines | |
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RDoc interprets
> foo
baras > foo bar due to how ToHtml handles the newline.
I'll try to fix the issue so it matches GFM.
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I compiled the list with help from Claude. I tested some common elements manually but not all of them. That said, I think this would still be a good comparison reference to have.