Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!csrd.uiuc.edu!s41.csrd.uiuc.edu!eijkhout From: eijkhout@s41.csrd.uiuc.edu (Victor Eijkhout) Newsgroups: comp.text.tex Subject: Re: Why is TeX so Great? (want info) Keywords: tex report Message-ID: <1990Nov13.171436.21143@csrd.uiuc.edu> Date: 13 Nov 90 17:14:36 GMT References: Sender: news@csrd.uiuc.edu (news) Organization: UIUC Center for Supercomputing Research and Development Lines: 20 shapiro@athos.rutgers.edu (Joel Shapiro) writes: >[...] TeX was invented for mathematical typesetting, and >if you are not interested in math, it probably isn't the best for you I have to disagree strongly! The quality of typesetting is (as far as I have seen) unsurpassed by any of the `user-friendly' systems. It is the final output that counts, not the ease of inputting, and TeX definitely wins in this respect. And even considering ease of inputting: because you can automate almost anything in TeX it is in that respect also superior to wysiwyg packages. Now I agree that there are some applications where TeX is less suitable, but these are not the majority of applications. I know lots of people in linguistics, history, and other not mathematical sciences who would not be willing to give up TeX for any other package! Victor.