LeaVerou/prism — pull request #21 by Aaron3 (2012-08-01 21:48:22+00:00)
Title: Added generic syntax highlighter 

As well as ability to highlight all code blocks without language set in it.
Very basic for unsupported languages
Great for small blocks of code.

Use case:

On my website, I tend to use a lot of little code snippets in a normal paragraph. (example: http://aahacreative.com/2010/07/23/jquery-performance-combining-elements-ids/ )

It is not worth every time I write a short line like `$var = true;` inside a sentence to add the language, but it still adds readability if there is some basic highlighting even if it is PHP perfect.