[XeTeX] [tex-live] Ftuture state of XeTeX in TeXLive

[Ulrike Fischer]

>  > So a font loader should be written as a sort of library with clear API
>  > which can be used by every format.
> 
> Amen.  And if other add-ons could follow suit, what an
> enormous benefit that might bring.  Although, as regular
> readers of the list will know, I do have philosophical
> problems with LaTeX, I think that my severest criticism
> is its monolithic nature : if you want to use any part of
> LaTeX's functionality, you have to use the whole caboodle,
> want it or not.  

LaTeX monolithic? In general people complain that they have to load
packages for everything ;-). Context is monolithic, but in LaTeX you
only have to use a rather small kernel. And actually quite a lot of
latex packages works also with plain or with mini-latex. 



-- 
Ulrike Fischer