From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/57729 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?utf-8?B?SWRyaXMgU2FtYXdpIEhhbWlkINin2K/YsdmK2LMgICDYs9mF2KfZiNmKIA==?= =?utf-8?B?2K3Yp9mF2K8=?= Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Typographical Engineering in Context Date: Sat, 03 Apr 2010 08:58:48 -0600 Organization: csu Message-ID: References: Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed"; DelSp="yes" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1270306794 20109 80.91.229.12 (3 Apr 2010 14:59:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2010 14:59:54 +0000 (UTC) To: "mailing list for ConTeXt users" Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sat Apr 03 16:59:50 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ny4pC-0007Jj-9H for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sat, 03 Apr 2010 16:59:50 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDF42C9C33; Sat, 3 Apr 2010 16:59:49 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id dp3aHfWVQG8m; Sat, 3 Apr 2010 16:59:47 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24C2CC9E73; Sat, 3 Apr 2010 16:59:47 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB5A4C9E6D for ; Sat, 3 Apr 2010 16:59:45 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 8JWDpC3rsUr3 for ; Sat, 3 Apr 2010 16:59:34 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from trueband.net (director.trueband.net [216.163.120.8]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id 5F417C9E73 for ; Sat, 3 Apr 2010 16:59:34 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: (qmail 2059 invoked by uid 1006); 3 Apr 2010 14:59:32 -0000 Original-Received: from ishamid@colostate.edu by rs0 by uid 1003 with qmail-scanner-1.16 (spamassassin: 3.2.5. 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Processed in 0.939925 secs); 03 Apr 2010 14:59:32 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO trueband.net) (172.16.0.17) by director.trueband.net with SMTP; 3 Apr 2010 14:59:31 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 17001 invoked from network); 3 Apr 2010 14:59:27 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO ishamid-pc) (ishamid@70.41.6.248) by -v with SMTP; 3 Apr 2010 14:59:27 -0000 In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Opera Mail/10.00 (Win32) X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 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 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:57729 Archived-At: Hi luigi, On Sat, 03 Apr 2010 08:41:47 -0600, luigi scarso wrote: > As a computer engineer, one of the most import point of luatex-ConTeXMKIV > is the possibility offered by Lua of an easy binding with external > C/C++ shared library. > This adds another dimension to literate programming, and in some > circumstances eliminates > the separation between documentation and code. > For example, you can write an article in mkiv about Computational > Commutative Algebra > and the article *is* the program because is processed by the binding > of luatex to a comp.comm.alg library > Or you can write a text about electrical net and, if you have a > binding to a spice library, the text is also the program > that resolve the net and show the result (in a graphical manner also, > thank to mplib). > I'm pretty sure that there are others examples in mechanical sectors, > financial sectors, combinatorial area and so on, > maybe logic too. > CPU power and disk storage are not a problem: > 8cores-8GigaByte-1Tera computer has already reach the mass-market > and context mkiv and luatex are well designed. Now that may be TOO advanced for this book :-) though we want to have a few examples illustrating advanced possibilities Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shi`i Studies Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________