[NTG-context] Re: Why LuaMetaTex is so slow?

In comparison to LaTeX with LuaHBTeX, ConTeXt with LuaMetaTeX is

lightning fast.

pdfTeX is 8bit, and Knuth’s plain TeX is very low level – for a fairer comparison, try the TeXbook on LuaMetaTeX (I don’t know if “plain” works though).

I understand that why it is slow, but the problem is that the difference is too high. My book has lots of math, so perhaps that is the reason. -- Respect, Shiv Shankar Dayal