Graydon wrote:
Well, coming up on 4 decades, we have roff, and all its various --
nroff, troff, groff -- descendants. The examples in the original Bell
Labs papers work with current shipping open source groff.
OK, that's one. ... out of how many?
And let's not forget, how'd you store that *roff input file? Paper
tape? Punch cards? 14" open-air disk packs? 9-track tape in any of
three or four different densities? 8" floppy disks in any of a dozen or
more formats? 5.25" floppies in even more formats? 1.44" floppies in a
handful of formats? Any of fifty or more varieties of "consumer" tape
products? ...
For paper, you need the paper. For any digital storage medium, you need
an entire, *operational* system including peripherals and software.
--
Thanks,
DougF (KG4LMZ)
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