Re: WSL keeps getting better, and it's because Microsoft is finally admitting where developers want to be

Lawrence D’Oliveiro <[email protected]> Tue, 7 Jul 2026 06:54:52 -0000 (UTC)

Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
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On Tue, 7 Jul 2026 08:27:53 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:

> On 2026-07-07 02:22, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
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>> On Mon, 6 Jul 2026 23:57:34 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:
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>>> On 2026-07-06 23:13, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
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>>>> On Mon, 6 Jul 2026 13:10:28 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>     - reading PDF forms that use javascript, needs Adobe Reader.
>>>>
>>>> Just ignore the JavaScript part.
>>>
>>> Can't. For legal documents, it is mandatory.
>>
>> I don’t see how they can tell.
>
> Dot matrix not generated, for instance.
>
> Calculations not generated.
>
> Data verification not done,

All that can be done from reverse-engineering the JavaScript.

I can’t imagine they would put large amounts of code into an untrusted
file ...