RE: [Groff] Proposal for raster graphics extensions to gpic

[Egil Kvaleberg]

On Mon, 2002-11-18 at 14:44, James Deri wrote:
> Dealing with these sort of volumes running through
> pre-processors/macros adds to the runtimes.

Enabling images to be presented to grops in forms other than ps might
*enable* improvementes in efficiency to be made. But it certainly does
not happen by itself.

> and the raw speed of its typesetting abilities.

Could be an issue, although I would think that the differences in
efficiency at this stage does not really contribute very much to overall
speed. 

> > So there is no reason to make things more low level then absolutely
> > necessary. Especially so when the low-levelness does not bring any
> > advantages for the user. 
> 
> Low Level = increased performance.

In this case, you would not notice much of a difference either way.

Egil
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