The only real problem markdown has is the use of () around links, because both o...

The only real problem markdown has is the use of () around links, because both of those can be in the link (i.e. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL_(disambiguation) ). It really should have picked something like <> which can't be in the link itself.

EDIT: the parser on this site seems to think that > is valid in a URL.