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Re:Making a PDF that's larger than Germany by venusenvy47 on Thursday February 01, 2024 @09:38AM (#39216413)
Is it really executable on the OS? Doesn't it require a native application to run it on an OS?
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Re:Making a PDF that's larger than Germany by afiori on Thursday February 01, 2024 @10:36AM (#39217047)
No, they are not executable by the OS (generally).

Formats are on a gradient between "completely code" and "completely data" and PDFs are quite close to the "completely code" extreme'; I guess this is what the parent meant.

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