Re: On being web-friendly and why info must die

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: David Kastrup <address@hidden>
> Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 18:28:43 +0100
> 
> > Makeinfo validates pointers and cross-references that could lead into
> > many other parts.  Separate compilation would need to leave some info
> > about those other parts in a form that is much more easily readable.
> 
> Much more easily readable than Texinfo source?  Texinfo source does not
> seem hard to parse to me.  What am I overlooking?

Not sure.  But then why is the Perl implementation so slow?  I thought
one reason was that it was built around a parser, something the
original C version didn't even try to do.