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Re: distributing precompiled binaries



On Sun, 29 Mar 2009 11:02:07 +0100 Anthony W. Youngman wrote:

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> imho, the difference between plain text and a plain pdf is minimal. If, 
> however, the pdf has loads of embedded links etc ...

Please reconsider your claim after thinking about typesetting,
formatting, mathematical formulas, pictures, footnotes,
headers/footers, internal and external links, and so forth...

For instance, for a PDF file generated from LaTeX, I would certainly
say that the PDF format is not source form at all.


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