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Would be more impressive it could still compile input to the form field after I print it out.
by wwweston 6y ago
Would be more impressive it could still compile input to the form field after I print it out.
- FlyMoreRockets 6y agoE-ink to the rescue.
- Buttons840 6y agoIf it can't, must be a printer bug. Can't even print a PDF!
- derefr 6y agoNow that's an intriguing concept. "A file format for declaratively specifying a physical data-communication artefact, abstractly-defined by the interactions it supports." • Just showing the user text? Compiles to plaintext. • Get the user to give some input? Compiles to a styled form, as PostScript. • Add radio buttons? Compiles to a physical form but with a 3D-printed notched slider glued to it. • Require validation for freeform-text form fields? Compiles to a 3D-print + VLSI + pick-and-place specification for a tablet embedded-device that displays the form and does the validation. Now imagine a "printer" that takes such abstract documents as input, and can print any of these... :)
- ljm 6y agoMaybe if you bury the page deep within a forest, so the compiler could hook into the distreebuted CPU cluster in order to facilitate more effective computation.