From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/87435 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: [OT] Twenty Questions for DEK Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 10:04:15 +0200 Message-ID: <537C5DFF.3010601@wxs.nl> References: <20140521061646.GA5498@acheron> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1400659486 2790 80.91.229.3 (21 May 2014 08:04:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 08:04:46 +0000 (UTC) To: ConTeXt ML Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Wed May 21 10:04:42 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([5.39.185.229]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Wn1Vw-0008F2-14 for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Wed, 21 May 2014 10:04:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F6B0101EB for ; Wed, 21 May 2014 10:04:39 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id XTUc0Hw55S0L for ; Wed, 21 May 2014 10:04:39 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7BE2101EC for ; Wed, 21 May 2014 10:04:35 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 894C1101E3 for ; Wed, 21 May 2014 10:04:31 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id kuMNmp7uC189 for ; Wed, 21 May 2014 10:04:29 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from filter2-ams.mf.surf.net (filter2-ams.mf.surf.net [192.87.102.70]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBD77101E2 for ; Wed, 21 May 2014 10:04:20 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from smtp.ziggozakelijk.nl (D57D1DA2.static.ziggozakelijk.nl [213.125.29.162]) by filter2-ams.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-9.4) with ESMTP id s4L84J1C002298 for ; Wed, 21 May 2014 10:04:20 +0200 X-Default-Received-SPF: pass (skip=loggedin (res=PASS)) x-ip-name=10.100.1.103; Original-Received: from [10.100.1.103] (unverified [10.100.1.103]) by pragma-net.nl (SurgeMail 6.5a2) with ESMTP id 2835-1713362 for ; Wed, 21 May 2014 10:04:18 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.5.0 In-Reply-To: <20140521061646.GA5498@acheron> X-Authenticated-User: hagen@controller-9 X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: ntg-context@ntg.nl, base:default, @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=213.125.29.162; country=NL; region=Provincie Overijssel; city=Zwolle; latitude=52.5058; longitude=6.0858; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=52.5058,6.0858&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 0QM4w4jPr - 5886bf9cd756 - 20140521 (trained as not-spam) X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 192.87.102.70 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:87435 Archived-At: On 5/21/2014 8:16 AM, Philipp Gesang wrote: > http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=3D2213858&WT.mc_id=3DAuth= or_Knuth_20Questions > > Quote: > > =93The people at MSP wrote special software that converts my TeX > source text into suitable input to other software that > creates pdf files.=94 > > I wonder why using a TeX engine capable of producing PDF output > directly wasn=92t an option. The part about "geeks" of 200 years ago is interesting. Also this: local quote =3D [[ I still think many years will have to go by before I would recommend that my own highly intelligent wife, son, and daughter should learn to program, much less that everybody else I know should do so.]] local maybe =3D string.gsub(quote,"program","TeX") Who knows ... 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