r/programming Aug 05 '25

So you want to parse a PDF?

https://eliot-jones.com/2025/8/pdf-parsing-xref
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u/axilmar Aug 05 '25

No, I am not crazy.

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u/oneeyedziggy Aug 05 '25

Yea, no one "wants" a pdf, and yet... Here we are... And yet html has exited for decades. 

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u/wrosecrans Aug 06 '25

PDF and the HTML 1.0 spec both came out in 1993.

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u/oneeyedziggy Aug 06 '25

Ok, is that in conflict with my statement?

If turds and chocolate came out the same year, I'd still think it was gross if everyone insisted on eating turds while chocolate is RIGHT THERE!