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tcfhgjyesterday at 5:30 PM2 repliesview on HN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNZlAbCOjd8

doesn't appear indifferent or hostile


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ashivkumyesterday at 7:04 PM

haven't watched it but my only data point for that claim is this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/typst/comments/1dcu3p8/i_contacted_...

alteromyesterday at 5:56 PM

TL;DW: there is interest in supporting Typst, but there are roadblocks:

* Higher priority work currently being done on ArXiV (moving from Perl to Python/cloud)

* No "standard" Typst distro

* Support team needs to be re-trained for a new language

* Persistency: TeX has 30+ years of history; will Typst be around in 30 years? Will current code compile? Will existing documents be supported?