Xref: utzoo comp.text:7392 comp.editors:1944 comp.os.msdos.apps:439 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:2474 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!menudo.uh.edu!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.text,comp.editors,comp.os.msdos.apps,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Word Perfect 5.1 question -- running headers/footers Message-ID: Date: 9 Oct 90 20:42:31 GMT References: <39830@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> <345@aupair.cs.athabascau.ca> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 9 In article <345@aupair.cs.athabascau.ca> kevinc@cs.athabascau.ca (Kevin Crocker) writes: > Hey Peter, just 'cause WP doesn't do something that any word processor > in its right mind aught to do is no reason to slam the entire evolution > of word processing. Sure it is. Next time it will be something else. Basically, a procedural language is more versatile than a strictly table-driven formatter. And of course it's harder to use. You gets what you pay (in terms of learning time, in this case) for. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' +1 713 274 5180. 'U` peter@ferranti.com