Philipp Stephani wrote:
In TeX you cannot state the structure because TeX is a low-level
> typesetting system that offers only a few low-level primitives
> and a macro language.
If "TeX offered only a few low-level primitives", I would have
been willing to accept that your argument might have merit, but
you yourself then go on to say (quite correctly) "and a macro
language". And it is precisely /because/ of TeX's macro language
that one can express the exact structure of any document, using
either a mutually interchangeable set of conventions such as LaTeX
or Context, or using a private macro package of one's own. Many
choose one of the first two options, I prefer the third, but all
of us are able to express document structure in TeX.
Yes, there are still a few unenlightened souls who continue to write
\bigskip \Huge My Title \\ \Large and my sub-title \medskip \bf
\centerline {Abstract}
but fortunately they are now an endangered species :-)
Philip Taylor
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