[metapost] TeX and MF: Fast-loading of core image

[Laurence Finston]

On Wed, 5 Jan 2005, Taco Hoekwater wrote:

> If you really want to try to implement dumping, look for 'ready_already'
> in the web source, and combine the code & explanation at those locations
> with the code & explanation from the README in that archive I gave you
> the link to. If that doesn't help you figure it out, nothing else will.
>

That sounds like good advice, thanks.  The README in the
archive didn't explain much, so I'll have to have a look at
the code when I get a chance.

Thanks to everyone who's responded.  I'm still interested,
in case anyone else has something to say on the subject.
However, the upshot of your responses seems to be that it
would be A) difficult and B) unnecessary, so maybe I won't
do it after all.  Things seem to have been going downhill
ever since they invented punch cards.

Laurence