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Re:Why Markdown Is Not My Favourite Language by elithrar on Friday April 26, 2013 @08:27PM (#5616274)
> Markdown's design is inspired by conventions used in plain-text email, with links [like this][1].

And [title](http://url.goes.here) for in-line URLs.

Re:Why Markdown Is Not My Favourite Language by Tobu on Friday April 26, 2013 @08:59PM (#5616360)
Of course. Either way, it's close to the plain text convention, though one wouldn't bracket the link-name part.