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LaTeX has one large advantage over lesser text processors which this article does not touch upon: Quidquid LaTeX dictum sit, altum videtur Put two documen
by Yetanfou 12y ago
LaTeX has one large advantage over lesser text processors which this article does not touch upon:
Quidquid LaTeX dictum sit, altum videtur
Put two documents in front of someone used to quickly scanning scientific articles. One of them is formatted using LaTeX, the other using whatever document template Word happened to be launched with. In my experience the LaTeX-formatted article will be seen as a more reliable source than the Word-formatted one, even if the contents are similar.
- sjtrny 12y agoIn my experience this is something that I do subconsciously but it's often justified. People who write in word do so because they are unaware of LaTeX or because they don't know how. The first means they are usually not familiar enough with the field to understand that LaTeX is the default. This lack of understanding is then also present in the content. The second reason is usually indicitive of someone who is lazy or is writing junk. If they can't write LaTeX then it is unlikely that they can write other code.
- Sharlin 12y agoThis, of course, only applies in the fields where LaTeX is in fact a de facto standard.