Well… does it have to be either/or, anyhow? Taking Apostolos’ last point, why not have a switch?
It makes sense to allow for cross-platform compatibility, but there’s no reason to think that *nobody* would appreciate an improved algorithm…. K > On Nov 13, 2016, at 10:46, Apostolos Syropoulos <asyropou...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> >> A major aim of the original request was to bring the functionality of >> the xetex engine into line with pdftex and luatex to help in >> developing cross engine macro code. So there are arguments for using >> the same code here unless the existing code is really broken and >> luatex/metafont/pdftex should all change. >> > > > Let me say that I find this point of view far too conservative. OK METAFONT > lives in the previous century but luatex and xetex are products of this > century so they must utilize what is better. Also, the pint of introducing > XeTeX was the need to handle things TeX had no provision. Fianlly, it would > an excellent opportunity for XeTeX to do something better that the others.... > > Regards, > > Apostolos > > > ---------------------- > Apostolos Syropoulos > Xanthi, Greece > > > -------------------------------------------------- > Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: > http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex -------------------------------------------------- Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex
