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From: siegman@sierra.STANFORD.EDU (siegman)
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Subject: Re: Summary of info received on math equation formatters
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Date: 4 Oct 90 22:04:34 GMT
References: <1990Sep28.160114.5204@eddie.mit.edu> <15631@yunexus.YorkU.CA> <1990Oct3.142236.14143@maths.tcd.ie>
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In article <1990Oct3.142236.14143@maths.tcd.ie> tim@maths.tcd.ie (Timothy Murphy) writes:

>As a matter of interest,
>has anyone used TeX, and one of these 'equation editors',
>and *not* settled for TeX?
>TeX/LaTeX is the standard for writing and printing mathematics.
>To use anything else is like using EBCDIC, or 9-bit bytes.

AAA-men!!  And especially with fast convenient TeX implementations
like Textures available that have essentially instantaneous previewing
built in, can include PICT and Postscript illustrations in the source