Re: Big news - help wanted

On 4/1/2026 3:03 PM, Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context wrote:
> On 4/1/26 10:24, Mikael Sundqvist wrote:
>> […]
>> Backed by an undisclosed nine-figure war chest from a consortium of foundations
>> and anonymous high-net-worth individuals who believe that beautiful, accessible
>> mathematics should not be locked behind 1980s technology, we have built and now
>> deployed a fully automated, AI-powered conversion engine that turns any \TEX\ or
>> LaTeX document into clean, modern \CONTEXT\ with near-perfect fidelity. We've
>> watched in quiet awe as the same AI models researchers casually prompt for help
>> suddenly began producing \CONTEXT\ code that was cleaner, more semantic, and
>> dramatically more accessible than the original LaTeX. Package conflicts? Gone.
>> Ancient tikz hacks? Replaced with native \METAFUN. The results were so
>> compelling
>> that our secret backers immediately approved full-scale deployment.
> 
> Hi Mikael,
> 
> I see that this is related to Donald Knuth’s iTeX
> (https://web.archive.org/web/20140828102256/http://river-valley.tv/media/conferences/tug-2010/Don-Knuth/).

those who were present there know it runs on his system but he 
prioritizes finishing the books so we could catch up a little (which 
reminds me to check if there's anything mentioned that we need to add to 
luametatex)

>> To ensure the highest quality, we need peer reviews. We therefore kindly ask the
>> best ones we could come up with: you. Content is more important than formatting
>> (that of course is already perfect). Please apply by replying to this email.
> 
> The first sentence from previous paragraph is s the more entertaining
> part of the whole project.

As mkxl was introduced @ April 1 a few years ago, and in the end proved 
to be real, you can't be sure what we're up to ... there has always been 
some truth hidden in what we post (which of course those really into 
context filter out).

Hans

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