What a good point! The web would be much nicer looking if browsers accepted pages written in LaTeX as well as pages written in HTML.
replyAfter all TeX is all about high quality printing on paper.
Browsers already accept PDF. TeX files aren't portable.
replyAnd as if browsers don't have enough bugs already -- now we include TeX?
replyDon has had the longest-running bug bounty of them all!
replyNot portable in what way?
replyIn the unless-you-bring-the-development-machine-along-with-it kind of way.
replyExactly. That's why they should handle device independent output.
replyMathML?
replyA TeX distribution on my computer
(mactex) is like 4 gigabytes. Definitely not "bundle-with-a-web-browser" worthy.
replyWell, I want to retire and not have to work for another 30+ years, but I guess we do not always get what we want :(
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