On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 05:50:30 -0700, Xah Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>TeX, in my opinion, has done massive damage to the computing world. > >i have written on this variously in emails. No coherent argument, but >the basic thoughts are here: >http://xahlee.org/cmaci/notation/TeX_pestilence.html Knuth did a whole lot more for computing than you have or, probably, ever will. Your arrogance is truly amazing. >1. A typesetting system per se, not a mathematical expressions >representation system. So? >2. The free nature, like cigeratte given to children, contaminated the >entire field of math knowledge representation into 2 decades of >stagnation. What the frac are you talking about? >3. Being a typesetting system, brainwashed entire generation of >mathematicians into micro-spacing doodling. Like they wouldn't be doodling anyway. At least the TeX doodling is likely to be readable (as if anyone cared). >4. Inargurated a massive collection of documents that are invalid >HTML. (due to the programing moron's ingorance and need to idolize a >leader, and TeX's inherent problem of being a typesetting system that >is unsuitable of representing any structure or semantics) HTML is unsuitable for representing most structure and semantics. And legions of fumbling idiots compose brand new invalid HTML every day. >5. This is arguable and trivial, but i think TeX judged as a computer >language in particular its syntax, on esthetical grounds, sucks in >major ways. No one except you thinks TeX is a "computer language". >Btw, a example of item 4 above, is Python's documentation. Fucking >asses and holes. Watch your language, there are children present. George -- for email reply remove "/" from address -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
