Hi luigi,
On Sat, 03 Apr 2010 08:41:47 -0600, luigi scarso <luigi.sca...@gmail.com>
wrote:
As a computer engineer, one of the most import point of luatex-ConTeXMKIV
is the possibility offered by Lua of an easy binding with external
C/C++ shared library.
This adds another dimension to literate programming, and in some
circumstances eliminates
the separation between documentation and code.
For example, you can write an article in mkiv about Computational
Commutative Algebra
and the article *is* the program because is processed by the binding
of luatex to a comp.comm.alg library
Or you can write a text about electrical net and, if you have a
binding to a spice library, the text is also the program
that resolve the net and show the result (in a graphical manner also,
thank to mplib).
I'm pretty sure that there are others examples in mechanical sectors,
financial sectors, combinatorial area and so on,
maybe logic too.
CPU power and disk storage are not a problem:
8cores-8GigaByte-1Tera computer has already reach the mass-market
and context mkiv and luatex are well designed.
Now that may be TOO advanced for this book :-) though we want to have a
few examples illustrating advanced possibilities
Best wishes
Idris
--
Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief
International Journal of Shi`i Studies
Department of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523
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