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

Posted by Xah Lee (8.6k followers) 23 h ago · 9 likes · 1.3k views · view the original post on X. Kept by the Dev Radar as Languages & runtimes.

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