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A counterpoint would be Knuth's The TeXbook. In that book, Knuth explains every feature of TeX in excruciating detail, without being boring. He could have made
by copperx 8y ago
A counterpoint would be Knuth's The TeXbook. In that book, Knuth explains every feature of TeX in excruciating detail, without being boring. He could have made the book 1/4 the size, but the book would have been worse for it.
- Koshkin 8y agoYes, opposite sides sometimes converge.
- userbinator 8y agoThe TeXbook has a lot of examples too, and Knuth makes very good use of the fact that it was itself written in TeX to illustrate the functionality.