[hsdkfsdkfjh]

10MB vs ~4GB for LaTeX ? a) how much of LaTeX functionality does SILE cover and b) why is LaTeX so heavy ?

[JohnDoe365]

I think that explains it nicely:

http://sile-typesetter.org/what-is/#sile-versus-tex

> At this point, the parts of TeX that people actually use are 1) the box-and-glue model, 2) the hyphenation algorithm, and 3) the line-breaking algorithm. SILE follows TeX in each of these three areas;