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On Friday, 28 August 2020 01:30:58 BST Ashley Dixon wrote: |
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> I can't really comment on LaTeX, because I've never really used it; from |
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> the small snippets I've seen, I just assume it's TeX with a hell of a lot |
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> of useful macros. I've always just stuck to TeX, with a copy of the |
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> TeXBook handy. |
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I used LaTeX for a time in the mid-80s. From what I remember, you're right |
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about the macros, but they're a big enough addition to lift the language from |
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assembler to a 'proper' symbolic language - Coral, say, or Fortran. Speaking |
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metaphorically, that is. |
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Regards, |
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Peter. |