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Disclaimer: I'm not a programmer Could this become an open source type project with a core engine exposing an api and additional modules written in commonly av
by keithpeter 14y ago
Disclaimer: I'm not a programmer
Could this become an open source type project with a core engine exposing an api and additional modules written in commonly available languages to add functionality?
Once the core engine is stable, it should (in theory) fly...
- fusiongyro 14y agoI believe this is one of the objectives of LuaTeX. Lua is a much saner programming language than TeX.
- lrem 14y agoOf course it could. But then, why would anyone do that? You can't compete with TeX on price, on correctness and quite probably not on quality of output. You're left with ease of use and performance. Not sure either it actually warrants such a huge undertaking as recreating TeX. This leaves open source typesetting a hostage of its own success.