Thread-Topic: [REQ] "TeX: Rejoining the mainstream" - comments requested
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Hello

If I get a before-and-after pair in time, I'll use it.

Regarding the 'tone of criticism', I made a comparison based on what I hoped were reasonable criteria.  If you think there's a big plus (for LaTeX) or minus (for Python) please do let me know.  Again, I'm willing to make changes (or even add a rebuttal) to the presentation.


Jonathan
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From: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project [LATEX-L@LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE] On Behalf Of Will Robertson [wspr81@GMAIL.COM]
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Subject: Re: [REQ] "TeX: Rejoining the mainstream" - comments requested

(Sent from my phone. Excuse the brevity.)

On 28/08/2009, at 1:14, "J.Fine" <J.Fine@OPEN.AC.UK> wrote:

> Here's the URL for the EuroTeX talk:
> <http://mathtran.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/mathtran/trunk/docs/mainstream_tex/eurotex2009.pdf
> >

I appreciate the suggestions for improvements to the website, although
I'm not partial to the tone of the criticism. One day I'll try and
take a look to improve things.

* * *

It's probably not on purpose, but I'm afraid you couldn't misrepresent
the expl3 code more if you tried in your example. I would appreciate
it if you could remove that code snippet until we have a chance to
discuss a better alternative.

Best regards,
Will


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