On: A Real-World WebAssembly Benchmark

[ravenstine]

I can see people wanting that, but then I'd have to wonder why they are using PDFs for that purpose and not something like Google Docs.

[steipete → ravenstine]

Think construction plans, PowerPoint presentations, contracts - there are many documents that don't fit the classical Word document model.

[goatlover → steipete]

But why would one expect a browser to support that feature for PDFs?

[mkl → goatlover]

You wouldn't, and it doesn't. But webapps and websites can usefully do it.

[eecc → steipete]

I wonder if the PDF file format is the best one for such kind of content

[izacus → eecc]

Turns out that it is - it's amazingly flexible and pretty much anything out there will be able to render it. There's practically no other formats that can claim that.