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Re:The SILE Typesetter: Simon's Improved Layout Engine by bjornjajajaja on Saturday February 22, 2020 @06:12PM (#22393979)
Well it doesn’t even have a 1.0 release so that’s enough to cut them slack.

For instance, the foundation of the house is most critical but when everyone looks at the foundation and asks, “where’s the house? This house can’t be much they brand themselves as a beautiful château but all it is is a big hole in the ground...”

A project like this is no minor task! :)

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Re:The SILE Typesetter: Simon's Improved Layout Engine by marcinzm on Saturday February 22, 2020 @07:13PM (#22394228)
>Well it doesn’t even have a 1.0 release so that’s enough to cut them slack.

I mean, it's at 3000+ commits and 5+ years so it's not exactly a new project. There's something to be said for doing fewer things but doing them really well.

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Re:The SILE Typesetter: Simon's Improved Layout Engine by twarge on Saturday February 22, 2020 @06:23PM (#22394038)
The very first versions of TeX did fewer things, but they did them really perfectly.
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