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Subject: Re: Build language with weak typing, then add scaffolding later to
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On 05/29/2015 02:54 PM, Randy Brukardt wrote:
> 
> Besides, no one said anything about the page size. If we use coffee-table 
> art book page sizes, and 6 point type, we can probably get the entire core 
> RM in 17 pages without changes. ;-)

The PDF of the Oberon report linked to earlier in this thread used what looked
like A4 pages with what appeared to be a 12-pt font, so let's use what that PDF
used as the requirement for page and font size.

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Jeff Carter
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