TeX - Knuth - Software quality - Re: Bug-Free Software, was: Re: on FPGA simulation - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

19 Nov 2011

  ...especially coming from people so far removed from them that they have no information
to draw on but their own assumptions.

  Homework is done in Word.  Papers are done in LaTeX.

              -Dave

William Donzelli <wdonzelli at gmail.com> wrote:

...
   While its true
that WYSIWYG has replaced markup for most academic
 publishing, TeX (or more properly the macro packages on top of TeX)
 are still superior in the area where it was created: typesetting
 mathematics. 
Yes, and that is what, 1% of all academic publications? Maybe 0.1%,
for stuff that Word can not handle?

"Standard" is a funny word.

--
Will 