TeX grammar question

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From: Mark Choi
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 05:28

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This is a simple question to many, but why doesn't TeX recognize a space
as a non-character? (such as the line, "/tex program" would appear 
"TeXprogram" when run through the formmater). Why doesn't the formatter
recognize the space between /tex and "program" as being a non-character,
therefore recognizing that the command name is finished?

Thanks
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