On 11-Feb-2006, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: > Some FAQs are software (some are even kept as programs, either in > general-purpose languages or specialised ones like latex or > PostScript.) > > FAQ's are not software, a computer cannot run a FAQ.
A computer can run a PostScript or LaTeX program; indeed, most of them are practically unreadable by a human until a computer has done so. A FAQ document or manual is often a PostScript or LaTeX program. Are these programs not software? Are these programs not FAQ documents or manuals? Some manuals are programs. Some are not. Neither case is uncommon or strange. -- \ "You can be a victor without having victims." -- Harriet Woods | `\ | _o__) | Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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