From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/24455 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Re: [Aleph] OpenType-to-TeX and other musings... Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 21:07:39 +0100 Message-ID: <43A5C18B.60704@wxs.nl> References: <1134825201.43a40ef110463@diogel.enst-bretagne.fr> <43A56F3F.7050506@wxs.nl> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1134936554 14017 80.91.229.2 (18 Dec 2005 20:09:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 20:09:14 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sun Dec 18 21:09:13 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Eo4on-00079P-NL for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sun, 18 Dec 2005 21:07:41 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D69361284C; Sun, 18 Dec 2005 21:07:40 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 19715-03-6; Sun, 18 Dec 2005 21:07:36 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92BA312846; Sun, 18 Dec 2005 21:07:36 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54F9212846 for ; Sun, 18 Dec 2005 21:07:35 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 19715-03-5 for ; Sun, 18 Dec 2005 21:07:34 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mail.pragma-ade.net (dsl-212-84-128-085.solcon.nl [212.84.128.85]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57EED12843 for ; Sun, 18 Dec 2005 21:07:34 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from [10.100.1.102] (unverified [10.100.1.102]) by controller-1 (SurgeMail 3.5b3) with ESMTP id 8168 for ; Sun, 18 Dec 2005 21:14:39 +0300 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users In-Reply-To: X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com r=-274017400 X-Authenticated-User: hagen@controller-1 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:24455 Archived-At: Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: > On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 07:16:31 -0700, Hans Hagen wrote: > >>> In the short run, for Aleph's purposes, these declarations and >>> much/most/all of the metainfo can be treated as "suggestions" for >>> the otp designer to consider in implementing things. There is no >>> need to treat them as something "holy". >> >> >> in the near future pdftex will provide open type as well as hooks >> for input processing using lua, so you may as well end up rewriting >> your otp's in a more friendly language > > > At the risk of getting off topic: I know nothing about lua-) What > makes it such a great tool? Why not just use, e.g., Ruby (less > languages for me to learn->)? well, there is google ... lua is - small, so no huge overhead and expanding library base - clever enough for the job needed - a well designed embedded language - fun > > But you are quite right: the otp language is a real bear... indeed, let'd get rid of it -) Hans