"Code Sandwiches"

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 3/9/11 11:49 PM, spir wrote:
> pdf is a printing format (a poor one,
> according to typo professional, please ask); nothing else.

This is rather surprising given that Addison Wesley uses pdf throughout 
as their publication format. Other publishers I talked to do the same, 
and so do smaller publishers (including shops such as Kinko's). So yes, 
I'd be curious.

> Also, nowadays, it's no more necessary to use ps or pdf to get (correct)
> printing. Nearly anything can be composed and printed as is.

What do you mean by "as is"?

> An
> exception may be complex math formulas (in latex indeed). Even then, one
> can precompose them into plain graphics.

You mean raster graphics? That would suck pretty badly. Or instead 
vector graphics? But then the question remains how you represent the 
symbols, and you're back to the issue of embedded fonts, at which PDF is 
quite adept.


Andrei