Re: Speedup idea for troff/nroff

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From: Skip Montanaro
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1987 05:05

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In article <1257@ho95e.UUCP> wcs@ho95e.UUCP (Bill Stewart) writes:
>Someone else wrote that DWB 2.0 versions are twice as fast but don't
>have this capability.

That someone was Ken Greer from Elan Computer Group. At GE CRD we have
purchased Elan's DWB 2.0 offering in both PC and Sun UNIX flavors. Those who
do that sort of testing at CRD say that the speed of Elan's nroff on an
IBM-PC AT is quite good.

>Another option, for monospaced output, is to use sroff instead of nroff.

What is sroff? Is it part of DWB? If not, can it be obtained from some
well-known source?

[Standard Disclaimer: My opinions are my own. I have no affiliation with
Elan Compter Group other than as a customer.]

Skip Montanaro

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Subject: Re: Speedup idea for troff/nroff
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