From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jim Choate To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu In-Reply-To: <00e901c07809$9a3e8040$8692fea9@coma> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: [9fans] Re: off topic: troff book Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 12:31:03 -0600 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 45c7d8c0-eac9-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 On Sun, 7 Jan 2001, Boyd Roberts wrote: > From: Steve Kilbane > > > > Hold on. TeX and LaTeX have their good and bad points, but exactly > > how did they screw up in ways that troff didn't? Off the top of my > > head, the only thing that comes to mind is that troff would read > > from stdin, while tex would insist on a named file, getting in the > > way of pipelining. But that's more a style of use, rather than of > > the systems themselves. > > they could read /dev/drum for all i care. > > they are _ghastly_. > > my 'lamport was a screwhead' comes from my two years at PRL. > > lame defense, but i'm entitled to my opinon. > > if tex was so great, where was the need for latex? http://www.latex-project.org/intro.html The relation is 'language definition' and 'compiler implimentation'. I use Scientific Notebook which combines LaTeX and Maple V. Very cool for a technical doodle pad. Strongly suggested for all students. less than $100. I don't work for the company or receive any sort of payment, just my opinion. ____________________________________________________________________ Before a larger group can see the virtue of an idea, a smaller group must first understand it. "Stranger Suns" George Zebrowski The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage@ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------