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Date:         Thu, 10 Feb 1994 20:03:21 GMT
From: Sebastian Rahtz <spqr@FTP.TEX.AC.UK>
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Subject:      Re: On compatibility in LaTeX2e [was: Re: keyed options lis
Status: R

Mike Piff writes:
 >
 > I feel betrayed by the LaTeX core team. After their brilliant
 > contributions to LaTeX with nfss and the things mentioned above,
 > also doc and docstrip. Now we have unnecessary experimental changes
 > in LaTeX2e. (And there is *no* mathematical significance in a
i don't feel betrayed, i feel very grateful that so many clever people
work for free on my behalf. if i want something different from what
they offer me, i'll write it myself, as many people have done (maybe
Mike should try Lolliop?)

 > *code* rather than talk. Also probably an attempt to see if things
 > were possible, rather than deciding what the syntax might be.
good lord. i dont think i could  disagree more with this desire for
the worst kind of unplanned creeeping featurism.... i feel boggled.

 > Perhaps the core team is too small, I don't know, but it seems as if this
 > number of individuals on LaTeX-L should be capable of producing more than
 > this after all that time. And this size project needs more than a half dozen
 > individuals working on it, maybe.
i could get angry here. i'll just suggest Mike starts raising funds to
pay this giant team of hackers he wants.

 > Sorry, but I feel as though LaTeX has lost direction. I can only hope that
i know Frank doesn't need votes, but once again i vote that LaTeX has
*found* direction.

Sebastian