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> TeX is a program for typesetting, and IMO if one is a programmer, it is best used as a target or output format That's the only thing I ever found it to be go
by walnutclosefarm 4y ago
> TeX is a program for typesetting, and IMO if one is a programmer, it is best used as a target or output format
That's the only thing I ever found it to be good for. Even then, it's a PITA. The world would not be a poorer place if it disappeared and was replaced something that that separated style definition, markup, and content in a reasonable fashion, and used modern language techniques (just a CFG would be a start) for the first two.
- jeffrallen 4y agoAnd Computer Modern Roman is as ugly as fudge.
- KolenCh 4y agoNot totally disagreeing but note that it is expected to be printed, and modern readers often just look at a PDF which makes the weights too light. Also it has some aliasing problem (or may be named differently, but basically when you view the PDF some words look like a line is skipped but when you zoom or print it out it has no problem.) Also modern LaTeX is supposed to not use computer modern anymore, but the Latin Modern (which imitates computer modern but fixes some of its shortcomings.)