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Subject:      Re: hyphenation morass
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 19:06:05 +0100
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From: "Frank Mittelbach" <frank.mittelbach@LATEX-PROJECT.ORG>
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Apostolos,

 > I agree with you. TeX imposes, in my opinion, arbitrary limitation =
that
 > have no place in a world of super fast PCs with virtually unlimited
 > memory compared to the machines of the seventies. The future is Omega
 > or any Unicode based typesetting engine capable to handle OpenType
 > fonts and able to generate PDF.

how much evidence do you really have with respect to this? this is a =
serious
question. unfortunately the majority of the owners of super fast PCs and
unlimited memory have no use for even simple accents that would fit
comfortably into a single 8bit encoding, eg T1, and a lot of those who =
could
make good use of Omega currently are working with the machines of the
seventies or not far further.

the situation is better than it was 5 year ago but is it really as you =
claim?
or will it be (soon?)

frank

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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Apostolos,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&gt; I agree with you. TeX imposes, in my =
opinion, arbitrary limitation that</FONT>

<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&gt; have no place in a world of super fast PCs =
with virtually unlimited</FONT>

<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&gt; memory compared to the machines of the =
seventies. The future is Omega</FONT>

<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&gt; or any Unicode based typesetting engine =
capable to handle OpenType</FONT>

<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&gt; fonts and able to generate PDF.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>how much evidence do you really have with respect to =
this? this is a serious</FONT>

<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>question. unfortunately the majority of the owners of =
super fast PCs and</FONT>

<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>unlimited memory have no use for even simple accents =
that would fit</FONT>

<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>comfortably into a single 8bit encoding, eg T1, and a =
lot of those who could</FONT>

<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>make good use of Omega currently are working with the =
machines of the</FONT>

<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>seventies or not far further.</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>the situation is better than it was 5 year ago but is =
it really as you claim?</FONT>

<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>or will it be (soon?)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>frank</FONT>
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