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Re:Tectonic: a modernized, self-contained TeX/LaTeX engine by kiriakasis on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @04:46AM (#14451134)
If i read correctly it does not say "powered by XeTeX" but "derived by a XeTeX Implementation"
Re:Tectonic: a modernized, self-contained TeX/LaTeX engine by pkgwilliams on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @08:08AM (#14451810)
Right.

The hope is that the easier development process will make it easier to add fancy features like microtypography ... but for me the real prize is HTML output that doesn't suck, so that's going to be the focus of my work.

Re:Tectonic: a modernized, self-contained TeX/LaTeX engine by petters on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @09:52AM (#14452477)
I copied my quote from the linked page. You are likely right, though.