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Looks like it does some more parsing than LaTeX; in the example you don't need to type \frac and \left(\right).
by skierscott 10y ago
Looks like it does some more parsing than LaTeX; in the example you don't need to type \frac and \left(\right).
- IngoBlechschmid 10y agoBut to produce high-quality renderings of mathematical formulas, you need this fine-grained level of control. Not all fractions should use "\frac", sometimes "\tfrac" (which produces a vertically smaller fraction) or even an in-line "/" are more appropriate. Similarly, "\left(" and "\right)" sometimes result in parentheses whose size don't reflect stress and emphasis. In those cases, it's good to have "\bigl(" and friends available. LaTeX has several flaws. But it's also astonishingly good, making it extremely hard for a competitor to catch on. We're kind of locked in to LaTeX.
- ajarmst 10y agoAlso, AMS LaTeX, by its nature, allows you to write custom macros to shorten the particular notation(s) you happen to use most. A lot of these comparisons fail to note that important fact about the use of the tool.