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Date: Thu, 29 Jun 1995 10:22:47 +0100
From: Sebastian Rahtz <Sebastian.Rahtz@CL.CAM.AC.UK>
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Subject: Re: (La)TeX is SGML?
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>   What does trivial mean here? Does it mean that is is of little worth or
> importance or is insignificant; perhaps those that made or use those programs
> disagree.
i mean that its trivial for those experienced in writing such
programs, but not trivial for  every TeX person.
 
i personally dont think its a great intellectual challenge to write a
SGML to LaTeX converter for a particular DTD; it has to be done, its
needed, but it doesnt involve great technical or moral issues
 
>   So there is a dispute; some think that the program reads SGML, and others do
> not. Very interesting. Does it exist?
it exists, yes, but Jonatahn is not yet selling it. but he will
certainly discuss it with people who are interested in it. contact him
direct. yes, it does read real SGML, there is no dispute aboutthat. my
dispute is about wheher this is a necessary  development. Jonathan can
defend it better than me
 
sebastian