+
+> This adds a configuration in which a new process has to be worked
+> for every single page rendered. Actually, it doesn't only add
+> such a configuration, it makes it be done by *default*.
+>
+> Markdown is ikiwiki's default, standard renderer. A configuration
+> that makes it slow will make ikiwiki look bad.
+>
+> I would not recommend using Gruber's perl markdown. It is old, terminally
+> buggy, and unmaintained. --[[Joey]] [[!tag reviewed]]