Hello,

On Sat, Jul 05, 2003 at 11:47:02PM +0100, Robin Fairbairns wrote:
> the fact is, that many people complain about the restrictions that tex
> places on our programming, but no-one is willing to throw out the
> basis of the "programming model" of tex -- rebuilding tex from scratch
> is just too much of a job.

I do not know whether I count for "someone" but I'm currently doing
precisely this (see ant on my home page). On the other hand, I'm not
exactly rebuilding TeX since I do not aim for 100% compatibility.

Achim
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