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I think back to the XML readers and XSLT parsers that could read arbitrary files or the fact that you can technically embed flash in a PDF (which is just a wrap

I think back to the XML readers and XSLT parsers that could read arbitrary files or the fact that you can technically embed flash in a PDF (which is just a wrapper around Postscript). It's things like these that lead to security issues. Honestly when I read that first line about SVG and Javascript, I was a little horrified. Who the fuck on what planet ever though that could possible be a good idea?

pcwalton 9y ago
> Honestly when I read that first line about SVG and Javascript, I was a little horrified. Who the fuck on what planet ever though that could possible be a good idea? Adobe, when they were trying to position SVG as a competitor to Macromedia's Flash.
- hvidgaard 9y ago
  It's the antithesis of good design. But that doesn't surprise me, coming from the company that designed the clusterfuck that is pdf. It's ubiquitously in everything tech, and an absolute nightmare to embed.
jwilk 9y ago
> PDF (which is just a wrapper around Postscript) No? PDF and PostScript are entirely different languages.