On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 10:33:04PM +0800, Sacha Chua wrote: > Pablo Manalastas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > TeX is actually not that scary. I think the comparison > > is something like "TeX is to C as LaTeX is to C++". It is > > Really? Hmm. Goes on my to-learn list. > > PostScript was pretty cool, too. It's surprisingly readable. =) I > haven't gotten around to learning more PostScript, but it was easier > to get into than I thought. >
Gee, if TeX is to C as LaTeX is to C++, then PostScript is the assembly language both of these languages compile into. :) Personally, I use DocBook except for heavily mathematical documents. After years of doing LaTeX myself, I'm positively frustrated by the way the W3C is handling MathML. It's too clunky compared to TeX/LaTeX. I'd try to get as much mathematical stuff from TeX conventions into XML as far as possible, as opposed to whatever the hell they're doing with MathML. Only trouble with DocBook is that the only free XSL formatting objects processor out there still bites sometimes. -- Rafael R. Sevilla <dido at imperium dot ph> +63(2)8123151 Software Developer, Imperium Technology Inc. +63(917)4458925 _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
