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From: monardo@renoir.Berkeley.EDU (Pat Monardo)
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Subject: comp.text
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Date: Mon, 5-Jan-87 02:38:52 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan  5 02:38:52 1987
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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!