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From: xiaofei@acsu.buffalo.edu (Xiaofei Wang)
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Subject: why do we need initex.exe AND tex.exe?
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why do we need initex.exe AND tex.exe? for example, both are supplied with
sb30tex distribution while tex.exe's job can be done by ``initex &plain foo''? 
I think we just need initex.exe.
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