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Article #793Re: Proof that TeX is better (was: Re: Which is better?
From: Chuck Musciano
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1989 17:20
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1989 17:20
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In article <428@kunivv1.sci.kun.nl> eykhout@wn3.UUCP (Victor Eijkhout) writes:
>It is a (none too exciting) exercise to write a Turing machine
>in TeX. Thus TeX can emulate any computable algorithm, in particular
>those of dtp systems. The only thing you need are the os-bindings
>for screen and such. QED.
I can also do it on my TI-58 programmable calculator. Thus, I retract
all my previous comments, and suggest that everyone buy TI-58's for their
text processing needs. Those needing extra speed might consider the TI-59.
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