Path: utzoo!utgpu!utstat!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!ginosko!uunet!jarthur!dhosek From: dhosek@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (D.A. Hosek) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: TeX/LaTeX are not stagnant! (was Re: Help me defend LaTeX) Keywords: TeX, LaTeX, technical writing Message-ID: <2601@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> Date: 24 Oct 89 19:21:46 GMT References: <1762@naucse.UUCP> <71781@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Reply-To: dhosek@jarthur.UUCP (D.A. Hosek) Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA Lines: 17 In article <71781@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Gary Perlman writes: > while systems like troff and TeX, which have a far smaller market, >are stangnant. Actually, TeX and LaTeX are not stagnant; Don Knuth announced at the TUG meeting that he would be making some rather dramatic changes to TeX (TeX 3.0 is currently in alpha test, and the 17th printing of the TeXbook will reflect the changes), and Leslie Lamport has made a similar announcement about LaTeX (in fact, the plan is now to permit LaTeX to evolve to meet the needs of its growing user base). -dh -- D.A. Hosek | Internet: DHOSEK@HMCVAX.CLAREMONT.EDU | Bitnet: DHOSEK@HMCVAX.BITNET | Phone: 714-920-0655 (I used to be a Mudder, but I got better)