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Re: [Groff] Integer arithmetic


From: Werner LEMBERG
Subject: Re: [Groff] Integer arithmetic
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:48:26 +0200 (CEST)

> I am pretty stunned. It's not clear to me why current software has
> such crude limitations with one must circumvent with even more crude
> wordarounds.

TeX is even worse...

> What about enhancing groff and trowing out these limitations?  At
> least in non-compatible mode there should be no problem, in
> compatible-mode the limitations could stay for people who rely on
> this limitations.

Do you volunteer?  You might have a look at heirloom troff's
implementation which already has such an extension; it makes
absolutely no sense to program something differently.

  http://heirloom.sourceforge.net



    Werner




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