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Date:         Thu, 4 Dec 2008 08:25:06 +0000
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From: Joseph Wright <joseph.wright@MORNINGSTAR2.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: expl3 "token list" terminology
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Javier Bezos wrote:
>> LaTeX3 is already far away from TeX. Maybe too far. Don't push
>> it even farther away by reinventing terms and definitions.
> 
> Agreed, definitely. I think it's time to simplify the syntax,
> getting the essential.

Working with LaTeX3, and particularly reading through the source at the
moment (to use some of the stuff in LaTeX2e), I'm impressed by how well
everything works.  I'd agree that some things can be dropped, but I
don't think the team are too far off from something that should work
very nicely.
-- 
Joseph Wright