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Re: [Groff] [groff] Formatting algorithm


From: Ulrich Lauther
Subject: Re: [Groff] [groff] Formatting algorithm
Date: Fri, 9 May 2014 10:37:14 +0200
User-agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12)

On Thu, May 08, 2014 at 04:17:16PM -0400, Doug McIlroy wrote:
[...]
> I fully agree with the first paragraph. However, as there is essentially no
> limit on the amount (or kind) of path-dependent state that may be needed
> to calculate each partial solution, I see forking as the easiest way to
> implement the recipe.
[...]
> 
Thanks for the elaborate discussion of your ideas.
But a short question: Does TeX use forking for formatting? If not, are its
results considered unsatisfactory or worse than what we are aiming at?

Kind regards,

     ulrich



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