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From: rusty@velveeta.berkeley.edu (rusty wright)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: tex82 or ctex2.9?
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Date: 6 Jul 88 00:03:15 GMT
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The requirement for a tex port to pass the trip test cannot be
overemphasized.  It may not be important to everyone, but I derive
great comfort knowing that I can upgrade to the latest version by just
ftp'ing to stanford to get the new .web file and just changing the
version number in the .ch file and uttering "make".

One thing that Ken did forget to mention is that with the web2c setup
you not only get tex82 in C but you also get Metafont and a lot (not
all [yet]) of the TeX and Metafont support programs in C.

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	rusty c. wright
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