Why TeX is Slow and How We Rebuilt It in Pure Rust
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Why TeX is Slow and How We Rebuilt It in Pure Rust > ratex is a pure-Rust TeX rebuild that compiles documents 10–70× faster than TeX Live via in-memory packages and smart caching.
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