1 |
On Mon, Jun 09, 2008 at 01:26:53PM +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
2 |
> On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:18:01 +0200 |
3 |
> Luca Barbato <lu_zero@g.o> wrote: |
4 |
> > > The people who wrote PMS should be able to make the decision |
5 |
> > > for themselves(as they will be maintaining it) as to what language |
6 |
> > > to use. |
7 |
> > |
8 |
> > The main point being using latex prevents people from modify it. |
9 |
> |
10 |
> Are you seriously suggesting that hypothetical contributions we might |
11 |
> receive from people who hypothetically might contribute if only we used |
12 |
> XML instead of Latex outweigh all the extra work XML requires? |
13 |
|
14 |
Right, and though I don't understand LaTeX all that well, it wasn't too |
15 |
difficult to stop me from writing the spec for one function. I |
16 |
personally dislike XML even more than LaTeX, but that shouldn't stop |
17 |
those who wrote it from using it. |