X-VM-v5-Data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil] ["481" "Wed" "25" "November" "1998" "20:07:57" "+0100" "Chris Rowley" "C.A.Rowley@OPEN.AC.UK" nil "14" "Re: What is \"base\" LaTeX" "^Date:" nil nil "11" nil nil nil nil nil] nil) Received: from listserv.gmd.de (listserv.gmd.de [192.88.97.1]) by mail.Uni-Mainz.DE (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA23390; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 20:08:30 +0100 (MET) Received: from lsv1.listserv.gmd.de (192.88.97.2) by listserv.gmd.de (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.1a) with SMTP id <14.D4405BF9@listserv.gmd.de>; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 20:08:28 +0100 Received: from RELAY.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE by RELAY.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8b) with spool id 411367 for LATEX-L@RELAY.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 20:08:23 +0100 Received: from ixgate02.dfnrelay.d400.de (ixgate02.dfnrelay.d400.de [193.174.248.2]) by relay.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA12027 for ; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 20:08:20 +0100 (MET) X400-Received: by mta d400relay in /PRMD=dfnrelay/ADMD=d400/C=de/; Relayed; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 20:08:05 +0100 X400-Received: by mta venus in /PRMD=uk.ac/ADMD= /C=gb/; Relayed; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 20:07:52 +0100 X400-Received: by mta fell.open.ac.uk in /PRMD=UK.AC/ADMD= /C=GB/; Relayed; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 20:07:19 +0100 X400-Received: by mta UK.AC.MHS-RELAY.SUN2 in /PRMD=uk.ac/ADMD= /C=gb/; Relayed; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 20:07:57 +0100 X400-Originator: C.A.Rowley@open.ac.uk X400-Recipients: non-disclosure:; X400-MTS-Identifier: [/PRMD=UK.AC/ADMD= /C=GB/;<13916.20943.841810.116237@fell.] X400-Content-Type: P2-1988 (22) Content-Identifier: Re: What is (... Alternate-Recipient: Allowed References: <199811142302.AAA24385@na6.mathematik.uni-tuebingen.de>, <13914.46799.156940.839436@fell.open.ac.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: VM 6.44 under Emacs 19.34.1 Message-ID: <13916.20943.841810.116237@fell.open.ac.uk> Reply-To: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project In-Reply-To: <13914.54306.568153.29148@srahtz> Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 20:07:57 +0100 From: Chris Rowley Sender: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project To: Multiple recipients of list LATEX-L Subject: Re: What is "base" LaTeX Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 2929 > i bet they wished they did not have to work on it! Maybe, but it has long been accepted in this profession, as no doubt in may others, that there are less pleasant things that nevertheless need to be done. Maybe here is another way in which mathematicians (and many other academics) are special? They are so grateful for being paid comparatively well to spend time doing things they enjoy that they are prepared to spend time helping out other professions for free!! chris