I can't see anything worrying in that statement. What has developed so far for L3 nicely enough runs on top of a 2e format but the more it becomes complete the more will be the two centuries of plain TeX + LaTeX 2.09 + 2e code in the current format become a burden.
And as a result there may be a point when it will be more economical to drop that format (and perhaps support certain 2e code as a package).
Whether the new thing is then a format in the old sense or something that is loaded (like it is now into 2e) remains to be seen. So in that sense it might be not a "format" because these days the loading part is not really taking that long any more.
Frank
... written on the iPad but not from an iBar
Am 18.07.2013 um 16:56 schrieb Chris Rowley <[log in to unmask]>:
> Joseph
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>>> Until we actually have the basics of a new format,
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> A new format???
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> That sounds worrying as I am passing the message to the million+ everyday users of LaTeX that there will never again be a need for different 'formats' with all its technical and sociological problems, primarily because they are handy only for last century's technology levels.
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> So I hope we can have a consistent message on this.
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> Chris
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> PSent from a bar . . . maybe an iBar.
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