Xref: utzoo comp.sys.next:18985 comp.text.tex:8053 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ra!jpl1 From: jpl1@ra.MsState.Edu (Jean P. Legrand) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next,comp.text.tex Subject: Re: TeX = as seen by a reviewer of the NeXT cube Message-ID: Date: 14 Jun 91 13:39:42 GMT References: <1991Jun13.004311.27226@zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu> <1991Jun13.063513.3050@math.ucla.edu> Followup-To: comp.sys.next Lines: 23 barry@joshua.math.ucla.edu (Barry Merriman) writes: >>*************************************************************************** >>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 Maybe we should take him seriously. I personally would like to see even wider acceptance of TeX. 1) because it means more ancillary support products, and 2) because I know it to be the best way to put text on a page. However, there are a lot of uninformed people who have never tried TeX BUT THEY ARE WRITING CRITICAL REVIEWS OF IT--AND THEY ARE BEING BELIEVED!!. Oh, and one more thing, I have worked with TeX and LaTeX for 10 years and I don't think LaTeX is easier. Not in the long run.