[metapost] generic TeX interface?

[Hans Hagen]

Brian Elmegaard wrote:
> So the limitations I mentioned actually are non-existant?
>   
indeed, the only problem is a speed one
>   
>> what would help is to have MP as a library (speed issue) and this is
>> what will happen in luatex (pdftex 2+) next year
>>     
>
> This is interesting! Will it integrate existing code, lua, metapost
> and latex?
>
>   
no, just pdftex, aleph, lua and metapost + support for unicode, open 
type, control over all aapects of tex (i.e. it has no knowledge of 
specific macro packages; this permits one to adapt its favourite macro 
package to become more advanced)

Hans

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