This codes resemble HTML, why is HTML not use in this forum instead of bbcodes?
I'm pretty sure
BBcodes were used originally on
Bulletin Boards which a user dialed into via their home modem. Well before most people switched to the internet.
I have check it on Google with the information you gave to me.
See what Google say.
BBCode is a lightweight markup language used to format messages in many Internet forum software, first introduced in 1998. The available "tags" of BBCode are usually indicated by square brackets ([ and ]) surrounding a keyword, and are parsed before being translated into HTML.[1]
1998 is not far was it HTML people where using before they discover Bbcode?
Two of them look alike one suppose serve the function. It can be that HTML is not good for forum.