Re: Beware of "C" Hackers -- A rebuttal to Bertrand Meyer

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From: Larry Baker
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 19:00

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Joachim Durchholz wrote:
> ... TeX as a language is a nightmare, even if it is the best system
> available for automatic mathematical typesetting.

It was a WHOLE LOT better than 'troff,' which was the only
viable alternative at the time.  Personally, given the choice
between TeX and troff, as a page-layout langauge, TeX wins
hands down.

Larry
leb@sdt.com

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From: Larry Baker <leb@sdt.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.object,comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: Beware of "C" Hackers -- A rebuttal to Bertrand Meyer
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 11:00:01 -0800
Organization: SABRE Decision Technologies
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