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Okay, let’s assume that you are right, and we don’t need the same interface. I still maintain that the feedback loop demonstrated in Bret Victor’s videos is _s
by secure 13y ago
Okay, let’s assume that you are right, and we don’t need the same interface.
I still maintain that the feedback loop demonstrated in Bret Victor’s videos is _significantly_ quicker than anything you can achieve with any TeX engine in its current form.
Think of the part where he draws the fish. Or where he drags a slider. You need update rates of a few miliseconds, tops.
What we can achieve with TeX is in the order of seconds, at best — for simple documents.
I am definitely not convinced this lives up to Bret’s standards :-).
- pcmonk 13y agoYou're right -- this isn't, and won't ever be (as long as it stays with this technology) up to Bret's standards. However, Bret's stuff doesn't exist, and there's a reason for that: it's really hard. What these guys are doing is trying to make something that actually works, and it looks like they're doing a pretty decent job of it. The fact that it integrates with all the normal tools (in particular, LaTeX) makes me inclined to overlook it's imperfections.