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Re:PDF Is the World's Most Important File Format by arcticbull on Friday May 03, 2019 @09:01PM (#19823585)
I'm surprised to hear they're getting rid of JavaScript (and I couldn't find any references to that, but I wish it to be true) -- but don't worry, they're adding a whole new pile of complexity in PRC. "PDF 2.0 adds support for “PRC”, a rich 3D modeling language, originally developed by Adobe." [1]

[1] https://theblog.adobe.com/taking-documents-to-the-next-level...

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Re:PDF Is the World's Most Important File Format by Stratoscope on Friday May 03, 2019 @11:29PM (#19824245)
> I'm surprised to hear they're getting rid of JavaScript (and I couldn't find any references to that, but I wish it to be true)

I won't believe it until I see hard evidence. Acrobat and Reader have supported JavaScript for something like two decades. (I wrote a bunch of JavaScript multimedia APIs when I worked there around 2002.)

Consider the large number of interactive PDFs on the IRS website that use JavaScript for form calculations. I don't think Adobe is highly motivated to break all of those.

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