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I have the opposite problem. HTML <a href> links are consistent with the rest of the language. <a href>Something</a> makes the same kind of sense as <em>something</em>.

But markdown? I'm always forgetting the order of the (link)[text] or [link](text) or [text](link) or (text)[link]. It's just something that's invented, and not consistent with the rest of itself.

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And, for the specific syntax: parentheses to surround the URL is jut bad because parentheses are URL code points, so you can’t just insert regular serialised URLs in Markdown in all cases. (See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33340097 for more explanation.)

The org-mode version is better in my opinion. Either [[link]] or [[link][text]].

Only uses square brackets and the optional text comes second which makes logical sense.

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