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Standardization by definition requires a buy-in of major players. Nevertheless, TeX might qualify as standard without commmittee.
by qznc 14y ago
Standardization by definition requires a buy-in of major players.
Nevertheless, TeX might qualify as standard without commmittee.
- ygra 14y agoA very messy one, though. With not that many alternative implementations (iirc they all are based on the converted-to-C Pascal code).
- qznc 14y agoAll major implementations (miktex, pdftex, xetex, luatex) are derivatives of Knuth's Pascal code. There are others, but they did not get very far: http://kasper.phi-sci.com/tex++/ http://kasper.phi-sci.com/tex++/ http://www.cucug.org/amiga/amiinfo/reviews/AmigaTeX.txt http://www.cucug.org/amiga/amiinfo/reviews/AmigaTeX.txt