From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/27462 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Taco Hoekwater Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: ConTeXt + asymptote Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:52:07 +0200 Message-ID: <444DD527.3080601@elvenkind.com> References: <4448FF23.6000801@nibua-r.org> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1145951555 26372 80.91.229.2 (25 Apr 2006 07:52:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 07:52:35 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Tue Apr 25 09:52:27 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org 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 1FYILJ-0004wA-UM for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:52:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B38A1127BF; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:52:17 +0200 (CEST) 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 17821-02-4; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:52:13 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 072D8127B3; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:52:13 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EC59127B3 for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:52:11 +0200 (CEST) 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 17821-02-3 for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:52:10 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from glenfiddich.elvenkind.com (elvenknd.xs4all.nl [213.84.171.68]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id 6553A127B2 for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:52:10 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by glenfiddich.elvenkind.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 152271B877 for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:52:10 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from glenfiddich.elvenkind.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (glenfiddich.elvenkind.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 05173-07 for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:52:09 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [10.10.0.6] (glenlivet.elvenkind.com [10.10.0.6]) by glenfiddich.elvenkind.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDA0118184 for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:52:09 +0200 (CEST) User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6-7.1.20060mdk (X11/20050322) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users In-Reply-To: <4448FF23.6000801@nibua-r.org> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at elvenkind.net X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7 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:27462 Archived-At: I've posted this to the metapost list as well: > I like metapost but, according to the following mail (on the metapost ML): > > [metapost] MP vs. Asymptote > I don't want to start a flame, but since someone posted a message some > time ago mentioning Asymptote I got curious and I have to say that I was > very impressed, even if I still have some problems with it. However, it > seems a net improvement over MP, or not? Is there anyone with an > informed opinion over Asymptote? Might Asymptote be the killer of MP? I am extremely interested in what you feel the improvements are in Asymptote compared to MP, because it would give some clues to the direction MP development should take. I've been browsing a bit and I now know it has more of a C++ style of doing things, but personally I don't see that as a big advantage. Just like Laurence, I simply like the MF/MP 'feel'. But more importantly, most of my illustrations depend heavily on the equation solving capabilities of MetaPost. I got the impression Asymptote cannot do that (but I may have missed something). Cheers, Taco