Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!ukma!widener!dsinc!bagate!asi!disc.dla.mil!dsacg3.dsac.dla.mil!desc.dla.mil!wright!news From: sdawalt@valhalla.wright.edu (Shane Dawalt) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: TeX = as seen by a reviewer of the NeXT cube Message-ID: <1991Jun15.211556.19279@cs.wright.edu> Date: 15 Jun 91 21:15:56 GMT References: Sender: news@cs.wright.edu (USENET News System) Reply-To: sdawalt@valhalla.wright.edu Organization: Wright State University Lines: 26 From article , by jpl1@ra.MsState.Edu (Jean P. Legrand): >>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 .... stuff deleted .... > > 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. LaTeX is definitely easier on beginners. Absolutely. For one thing, the beginner doesn't have to worry about the nonsensical notation used to define fonts. Perhaps there are other problems or maybe not. Once I saw the bizarre font definition notation, I placed TeX on the back burner and continued to use LaTeX. One day, however, I do plan to figure out what's happening with TeX. Right now, I'm trying to figure out C++. Shane(); -------------------------------------------------------------------------- From the keyboard of: email: sdawalt@cs.wright.edu Shane A. Dawalt --------------------------------------------------------------------------