Re: Microsoft Word as competition for LaTeX

From: Luis Rivera <jlrn77@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:00:14 -0700 (PDT)

On Aug 21, 5:29 am, David Kastrup <d...@xxxxxxx> wrote:

[...]
Most people use LaTeX because they routinely want complete manual
control and a system that they can grow into rather than one that is
consistent.

It's like with bandoneons. [...]
plain TeX is like the concertina.

I always learn something from your musical analogies. What sort of
instruments would be ConTeXt and Texinfo in this discussion?

Curious,

Luis.
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