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Article #3120Re: TeX in C?
From: Mark Verber
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1986 22:36
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1986 22:36
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Norman Naugle at Texas A&M, and one of his students (Thomas Rekicki) have translated the Pascal source into C. They did in by writing a very good Pascal to C translator. The C code that the translator produced can be compiled directly on Vaxen and Suns. CTeX runs twice the speed of the standard UNIX distibution. I am not sure what the status of the code is. There was some talk of turning CTeX into a commercial product, but I have heard anything recently. It is quite speedy, especially after we profiled the code, added a few register declairations, and got 40% speed improvement. I also believe that some people at Case-Western have done the same thing and are going to put the code in the public-domain. They were planning to give it to U of Washington to be distributed on the next UNIX TeX tape. Cheers, ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Computer Science Department Mark A. Verber The Ohio State University verber@ohio-state.arpa +1 (614) 422-0915 cbosgd!osu-eddie!verber
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!columbia!rutgers!clyde!cbatt!osu-eddie!verber From: verber@osu-eddie.UUCP (Mark Verber) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: TeX in C? Message-ID: <2612@osu-eddie.UUCP> Date: Wed, 19-Nov-86 17:36:29 EST Article-I.D.: osu-eddi.2612 Posted: Wed Nov 19 17:36:29 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 20-Nov-86 03:07:17 EST References: <815@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> Reply-To: verber@osu-eddie.UUCP (Mark Verber) Organization: The Ohio State University, CIS Dept. Lines: 21