Re: [groff] Brian Kernighan on the evoution of eqn, pic, grap, into troff

On Sat, May 05, 2018 at 11:35:14AM +0200, Andreas Eder wrote: > On Sa 05 Mai 2018 at 01:15, Tadziu Hoffmann > wrote: > > (BTW, most Germans who use it also pronounce it wrong, > > namely as in "ich" instead of as in "Bach".) > > What do you mean by that? The sound

Re: [groff] Brian Kernighan on the evoution of eqn, pic, grap, into troff

On Sa 05 Mai 2018 at 01:15, Tadziu Hoffmann wrote: > (BTW, most Germans who use it also pronounce it wrong, > namely as in "ich" instead of as in "Bach".) What do you mean by that? The sound of the 'ch' is the same in both cases. 'Andreas ( a german native

Re: [groff] Brian Kernighan on the evoution of eqn, pic, grap, into troff

Tadziu Hoffmann wrote: |> Computer Science - Brian Kernighan on successful language design |> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg4U4r_AgJU |> "How to succeed in language design without really trying." | |Very interesting. It's somewhat amusing to see that

Re: [groff] Brian Kernighan on the evoution of eqn, pic, grap, into troff

> > Interestingly he mispronounces TeX as Tech > So do I these days. Isn't that correct? Depends how you pronounce "Tech". :-) If you pronounce it "tek" (as in "technology"), then it's wrong. According to Knuth, the "ch" is supposed to be pronounced as in the Scottish "loch". (If you don't

Re: [groff] Brian Kernighan on the evoution of eqn, pic, grap, into troff

I do too. Always have, and saying "Tecks" just sounds unnatural to me. =) > Isn't that correct? Yes, from the words of Knuth himself, I believe. In other words, I still refuse to humour Steve Wilhite by NOT pronouncing "GIF" as "Jiff". =) CompuServe can consider it payback for the patent scare.

Re: [groff] Brian Kernighan on the evoution of eqn, pic, grap, into troff

Hi Steffen, > Interestingly he mispronounces TeX as Tech So do I these days. Isn't that correct? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeX#Pronunciation_and_spelling -- Cheers, Ralph. https://plus.google.com/+RalphCorderoy

Re: [groff] Brian Kernighan on the evoution of eqn, pic, grap, into troff

Mike Bianchi wrote: |True confession: Brian Kernighan is my hero. (stories upon request) | |In this talk, starting at about 41:45, he talks about the history of \ |creating |the eqn, pic, grap "little languages". |I offer it for those who might want a sense of how

Re: [groff] Brian Kernighan on the evoution of eqn, pic, grap, into troff

*> Interestingly, Brian repeatedly says "troff's time has past".* Oh? We'll see about that. =) On 5 May 2018 at 07:39, Mike Bianchi wrote: > True confession: Brian Kernighan is my hero. (stories upon request) > > In this talk, starting at about 41:45, he talks about the

[groff] Brian Kernighan on the evoution of eqn, pic, grap, into troff

True confession: Brian Kernighan is my hero. (stories upon request) In this talk, starting at about 41:45, he talks about the history of creating the eqn, pic, grap "little languages". I offer it for those who might want a sense of how groff wound up where it is and why it survives.