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From: barry@joshua.math.ucla.edu (Barry Merriman)
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Subject: Re: TeX = as seen by a reviewer of the NeXT cube
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Date: 13 Jun 91 06:35:13 GMT
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In article <1991Jun13.004311.27226@zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu> nevai@function.mps.ohio-state.edu (Paul Nevai) writes:
>This is serious: a quotation form an article which will appear in the June
>issue of Microtimes, a local California magazine.
>
>The NeXT and Former King (The Boy Who Cried, "Insanely Great!")
>by John Perry Barlow Thursday, May 30, 1991
>***************************************************************************
>TEX.  Probably named after the macho dude who wrote it. This is page layout
>and document processing for real men. Incredibly rich and capable. Also
>incredibly difficult.
>***************************************************************************


Anyone who thinks it is pronounced "teks" should not be taken too
seriously. Also, LaTeX (thats "lay-tek" :-) is equally powerful
but far easier to use---not too hard at all, really, especially with the
excellent manual by Leslie Lamport.
Barry Merriman
UCLA Dept. of Math
UCLA Inst. for Fusion and Plasma Research
barry@math.ucla.edu (Internet)   barry@arnold.math.ucla.edu (NeXTMail)