Re: non-software violates social contract?
Joe Wreschnig <piman@sacredchao.net> writes:
> Type1 and TrueType fonts are both Turing-complete language.
[...]
> PDF and PS documentation formats are Turing-complete languages,
Hmmm... I'm pretty sure neither PDF nor Type 1 are Turing-complete.
PDF was designed as sort of a predigested version of PS, for easy
interpretation. I do not believe it has any control structure
(unless you include javascript, which it allows).
Type 1 was similarly designed as a simplification to make ATM work
easily. I think that for anything programmatic, you have to use Type
3....
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