BIG successes of Lisp (was ...)

[Marc Battyani]

[I've set the Followup-to to comp.lang.lisp only]

"frr" <frr149 at telefonica.net> wrote
> On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 18:59:00 +0200, "Marc Battyani"
> <Marc.Battyani at fractalconcept.com> wrote:
>
> >I'm currently working on a Common Lisp typesetting system based on cl-pdf.
> >One example of what it can already do is here:
> >http://www.fractalconcept.com/ex.pdf
> >
> >For now I'm working on the layout and low level stuff. But it's a little
bit
> >soon to think that it will go nowhere, as I hope a lot of people will add
TeX
> >compatibility packages for it ;-)
> >
> >BTW note that I'm not rewriting TeX. It's another design with other
> >priorities.
>
> What are your priorities then?  O:-) What kind of license re you using for
it?

Easily programmable with a real programming language
Easily embeddable in other software like web servers
Easily extensible
Understandable internals
Good typographic quality

Marc