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noelwelsh parent
I've done some simple Typst programming via Claude, and it worked fine. I expected it to be ignorant of Typst but that was not the case.

One of the best things about Typst is that most tasks are very simple. Compared to the reams of Latex BS I was replacing, building my book with Typst is momumentally simpler.


rcpt
Sure but if the LLMs are making LaTeX easy to work with then why bother trying migrate everyone to a new language?
noelwelsh OP
I think there are a bunch of assumptions behind your statement that I believe are not true:

1. Latex is sufficient for all document publishing needs. E.g. converting Latex to HTML is bad to non-existent, while Typst has HTML export.

2. LLMs are sufficient for solving all problems one can encounter.

3. Things that are easier for humans are not also easier for LLMs.

4. New releases of LLMs will not learn more about Typst

At the end of the day I'm not trying to migrate anyone. Use whatever you feel is best. For my use cases I'm convinced Typst is a better option than Latex.

rcpt
It's a python3-tier ask to move everyone off LaTeX and I'm not sure HTML rendering is worth it.

Yeah the syntax of typist looks nice but that's just not a big advantage anymore.

TimorousBestie
> why bother trying to migrate everyone to a new language?

.. because a new language might be better?

But moving forward it’ll be harder to tell if any given new language is better than existing alternatives. LLMs burden their users with an almost insurmountable status quo bias.

rcpt
But how is typist better?
Ar-Curunir
Because LaTeX is ugly to write and not human-friendly. Adding an AI agent to the loop does not fix those issues.
rcpt
It very directly does solve those issues
Ar-Curunir
Have you actually written any research papers? You definitely have to edit and what the AI spits out, otherwise you'll have vague and meaningless garbage

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