Hm, of course Iam not able to add more to the hilarity of today’s post… still wondering…
Willi > On 1 Apr 2026, at 17:38, Hans Hagen via ntg-context <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On 4/1/2026 3:03 PM, Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context wrote: >>> On 4/1/26 10:24, Mikael Sundqvist wrote: >>> […] >>> Backed by an undisclosed nine-figure war chest from a consortium of >>> foundations >>> and anonymous high-net-worth individuals who believe that beautiful, >>> accessible >>> mathematics should not be locked behind 1980s technology, we have built and >>> now >>> deployed a fully automated, AI-powered conversion engine that turns any >>> \TEX\ or >>> LaTeX document into clean, modern \CONTEXT\ with near-perfect fidelity. >>> We've >>> watched in quiet awe as the same AI models researchers casually prompt for >>> help >>> suddenly began producing \CONTEXT\ code that was cleaner, more semantic, and >>> dramatically more accessible than the original LaTeX. Package conflicts? >>> Gone. >>> Ancient tikz hacks? Replaced with native \METAFUN. The results were so >>> compelling >>> that our secret backers immediately approved full-scale deployment. >> Hi Mikael, >> I see that this is related to Donald Knuth’s iTeX >> (https://web.archive.org/web/20140828102256/http://river-valley.tv/media/conferences/tug-2010/Don-Knuth/). > > those who were present there know it runs on his system but he prioritizes > finishing the books so we could catch up a little (which reminds me to check > if there's anything mentioned that we need to add to luametatex) > >>> To ensure the highest quality, we need peer reviews. We therefore kindly >>> ask the >>> best ones we could come up with: you. Content is more important than >>> formatting >>> (that of course is already perfect). Please apply by replying to this email. >> The first sentence from previous paragraph is s the more entertaining >> part of the whole project. > > As mkxl was introduced @ April 1 a few years ago, and in the end proved to be > real, you can't be sure what we're up to ... there has always been some truth > hidden in what we post (which of course those really into context filter out). > > Hans > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE > Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands > tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the > Wiki! > > maillist : [email protected] / > https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman3/lists/ntg-context.ntg.nl > webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / https://context.aanhet.net (mirror) > archive : https://github.com/contextgarden/context > wiki : https://wiki.contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : [email protected] / https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman3/lists/ntg-context.ntg.nl webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / https://context.aanhet.net (mirror) archive : https://github.com/contextgarden/context wiki : https://wiki.contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
