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2004.03.20 21:50 "Re: txt to tiff", by Andrey Kiselev
On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 05:48:41PM +0100, Joris wrote: > The other side of this story is 'what is going on underneath'. You > solution converts txt to postscript, and does a hell of a lot of work > rendering postscript, next. There's more then just 'call overhead' > involved, there's actual loading and initializing of two executables. > My solution renders txt directly, without going through postscript. > There's no loading of executables. Your solution deployed in a > commercial distribution, adds two seperate whatevers (I'm not sure how > to call them) to the nightmare. My solution doesn't envolve a single > DLL. And your solution includes writing yet another typesetting engine. Not a trivial task even for very skilled programmer, isn't it? ;-) Andrey -- Andrey V. Kiselev Home phone: +7 812 5274898 ICQ# 26871517