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From: hofbauer@csri.toronto.edu (John Hofbauer)
Subject: Re: the TeX Book
Message-ID: <1991Apr8.210349.20823@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto
Date: 9 Apr 91 01:03:50 GMT
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>> ``Be sure to get the 17th printing (1990) or later, the 
>> earlier printings don't cover the features of new TeX.''
>
> Today I looked for the TeX book at one of our local book stores, 
> they were carrying the 10th printing (june 1990) of the hard 
> cover version. This printing does cover the new features of TeX 
> 3.x (I lookep for `\language' in the index).

I have a sixth printing (March 1986) of the TeX book. Can anyone
briefly (or not) summarize what has been added in the 17th printing.
In other words, what is new in TeX 3.x.