From: David Kastrup <dak@...>
Date: 2006-12-10T10:06:45+09:00
Subject: Re: TeX and ruby

"ishamid" <ishamid@colostate.edu> writes:

> On Dec 9, 9:50 am, pierodanc...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> how diffcult could it possibly be to fully integrate TeX
>> (and, for that matter, pdftex) as a subset of ruby?
>> Essentially, TeX is just some trivial arithmetic.
>> Maybe pdftex is a bit more complex.
>
> Actually the luaTeX project is the result of similar concerns and
> needs. It's being developed by fans of Ruby but lua was chosen for
> embedding in the TeX engine itself for a number of reasons (much
> smaller for one thing, and also that lua was designed for just this
> sort of thing).
>
> Check out
>
> https://foundry.supelec.fr/frs/?group_id=10
>
> There is a manual in there as well.
>
> At the macropackage level (eg ConTeXt) Ruby plays a much more important
> role.
>
> luaTeX is the most important development (at the engine level) in
> TeX in years so check it out!

Does that mean that you have given up on Omega?

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