AFAIK backticks are commonly used and known. It'd be good to support it
in PHP Markdown Extra until a consensus spec rises.

2013-09-27 14:48 tarihinde, Michel Fortin yazdı:
> I get a lot of requests for Github-style fenced code blocks in PHP Markdown 
> Extra. While I despite the syntax -- it also happens to be a valid code span! 
> -- I wonder whether I should relent on this. It seems to be bothering a lot 
> of people (even those who know about the tilde-based fenced code block 
> syntax).
>
> In Github-Flavored Markdown, a code block works like this:
>
>       ```php
>       some php code
>       ```
>
> Replace those backticks with tildes and you get a valid fenced code block in 
> PHP Markdown Extra:
>
>       ~~~php
>       some php code
>       ~~~
>
> Of course, now Github also supports tilde for fenced code blocks. But their 
> documentation only mention the backtick-based syntax.
> <https://help.github.com/articles/github-flavored-markdown>
>
> If take a look at Babelmark 2, it seems that most implementations supporting 
> one also support the other.
> <http://johnmacfarlane.net/babelmark2/?normalize=1&text=```php%0Asome+php+code%0A```%0A>
> <http://johnmacfarlane.net/babelmark2/?normalize=1&text=~~~php%0Asome+php+code%0A~~~%0A>
>
> I wondered if some of you have any opinion to share on this.
>

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