Strictly, MetaPost is not Knuth's. It is a derivative of Metafont, but is different. I keep meaning to learn to use it, and keep failing. So huge shout out for getting this posted!
That it is a language somewhat designed to solve linear equations is something I have yet to really wrap my head around. I want to say it is far far more descriptive of what you are drawing than something like SVG. That said, I'm not clear if I could justify that claim.
alt Hacker News
Strictly, MetaPost is not Knuth's. It is a derivative of Metafont, but is different. I keep meaning to learn to use it, and keep failing. So huge shout out for getting this posted!
That it is a language somewhat designed to solve linear equations is something I have yet to really wrap my head around. I want to say it is far far more descriptive of what you are drawing than something like SVG. That said, I'm not clear if I could justify that claim.