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Sys V Common TeX 2.1

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From: Pat Monardo
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1987 07:43
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In article <2883@mit-hermes.AI.MIT.EDU> you write:
>In article <8011@mimsy.UUCP> chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) writes:
>>In article <18415UH2@PSUVM> UH2@PSUVM.BITNET (Lee Sailer) writes, in part:
>>>CTeX passes the TeX torture test, which basically means you can't
>>>find a better, more powerful version.
>By "the TeX torture test" you mean the "TRIP test", described in a
>Stanford report called something like "TRIP: A torture test for TeX"
>by Knuth.  Common TeX also passes this test.

I have ported Common TeX ver 2.1 to UNIX PC. In fact I took
the code sitting on my AT straight to the UNIX PC running 3.5
and it compiled and passed the trip test without so much as looking
at a line of code. I've been sending the AT version for
a while now and have ported it back to UNIX so that the DOS
and UNIX are completely integrated.
It is back on ucbvax:/pub/ctex21.tar.Z.
This version will pass lint except that i didnt bother to cast
unsigned into int for the libraries.
Also, TeX's memory is NOT limited to  256K or 64K. It simply states that
it is limited by what a halfword will index, e.g., a halfword can be 
(and should be) 32bits.

	pat
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Subject: Sys V Common TeX 2.1
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