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Subject:      Re: What is "base" LaTeX
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At 06:07 PM 12/2/98 +0100, Hans Aberg wrote:

>> >The *ML movements are currently pretty orthogonal to what TeX can offer:
>> >The *ML offer fast, simple typesetting, suitable for WWW and simpler types
>> > of printing.

>>its a shame we don't have a competition for "the most inaccurate and
>>ill-informed remarks made on  latex-l each month".

>Please explain. :-)

I am not sure what Sebastian had in mind, but it is a fantasy world where
more than a handful of people use *ML at all, and a fantasy world where this
does something suitable for WWW viewing and simpler types of printing
just IMHO, of course.

By the way, Chuck Bigelow once ran a contest for the stupidest remark on
comp.fonts.  There was no shortage of competitors.  Strangely the awardees
where not at all pleased...

Regards, Berthold.


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