The fact automatic direction change is hardcoded is a serious

drawback, and not and advantage, imo. There are many subtle

points in bidi typesetting which can be addressed only in a

programmable environment, like that provided by luatex. Even

with otps, which are very limited as compared with luatex, I

managed to implement a preliminary automatic direction change

(in fact, an automatic script change, including direction).

I believe the automatic direction change is the main advantage otherwise typesetting with TeX is unnatural and useless.

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