[NTLK] The Futility of a PDF reader

From: Sean Luke (seanl_at_cs.umd.edu)
Date: Fri Sep 07 2001 - 15:36:39 EDT

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A PDF reader would require quite a lot of stuff:

        - (the big one) code to support a graphics model FAR richer than
          that provided in QuickDraw. PDF's model is effectively the same
          as PostScript's, including affine transformations over disjoint
          paths, bezier objects, and arbitrary fills.

- font hinting support

- limited encryption support

- realistically, sufficient bitmap memory to render an entire page
(unless you want your code to be much more complex)

This just ain't gonna happen in a Newton.

Sean

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