Article View: comp.text
Article #3947Re: TeX on SV
From: Chris Torek
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1987 04:51
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1987 04:51
17 lines
1316 bytes
1316 bytes
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. With this statement I will argue. TeX is written in large part to compile on lowest-common-denominator Pascal; about the only things it demands of its compiler is a default case entry and a great deal of compile space and time. It does all of its allocation from a fixed array that cannot be larger than 65536 4 byte words, or 262144 bytes. This is, to put it simply, not enough; indeed, no fixed limit is ever enough. On the other hand, passing the TeX torture test means it is likely to be close to bug-free. -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 7690) Domain: chris@mimsy.umd.edu Path: seismo!mimsy!chris
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<8011@mimsy.UUCP>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!mimsy!chrisReferences:
<18415UH2@PSUVM>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!mimsy!chris From: chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: TeX on SV Message-ID: <8011@mimsy.UUCP> Date: Tue, 18-Aug-87 00:51:49 EDT Article-I.D.: mimsy.8011 Posted: Tue Aug 18 00:51:49 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 19-Aug-87 04:31:26 EDT References: <18415UH2@PSUVM> Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742 Lines: 17