Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-lcc!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!renoir.Berkeley.EDU!monardo From: monardo@renoir.Berkeley.EDU (Pat Monardo) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: comp.text Message-ID: <16741@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: Mon, 5-Jan-87 02:38:52 EST Article-I.D.: ucbvax.16741 Posted: Mon Jan 5 02:38:52 1987 Date-Received: Mon, 5-Jan-87 06:44:45 EST Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: monardo@renoir.Berkeley.EDU (Pat Monardo) Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 26 I only recently discovered this newsgroup and have been reading everything trying to figure it out and would like to comment on several topics that have been floating around. I was introduced to typesetting on unix and spent several years learning troff. I love troff and between troff and tex, I have spent well over 50% of my logged time in typesetting activities. A natural result of this is that I view unix as primarily a typesetting system. Even weirder, I think of C as a typesetter implementation language. The unix/c combination is a (computer) typesetter's dream and any comparison to any other system pales. Laser printers are here and this newsgroup will be filled with their discussions for many years. One day I will have my own and then my long years of work will blossom. For myself, this will always be on a unix system and be centered on troff and tex. I wish us all many years of glorious printing. Happy New Year, Pat P.S. Long live character devices!