[XeTeX] The future of XeTeX

[Philip TAYLOR]

Martin Schröder wrote:

> I seem to remember a Java reimplementation of TeX managed by you...

So do I, Martin, very clearly indeed.  And I also remember e-TeX,
developed within the same project team and as important today as
it was during its evolutionary years.  It is in the nature of
both software development and of evolution that some mutations
will succeed, others will fail.  e-TeX succeeded, NTS failed.
It is as simple as that.

** Phil.