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From: UH2@PSUVM.BITNET (Lee Sailer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: TeX v. LaTeX  was: Where can I get AmigaTeX
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Date: 29 Sep 89 13:31:17 GMT
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I use TeX for all my writing.  I find it easier to let TeX layout
the paragraphs and pages instead of fussing with something like Word
Perfect.  I don't use LaTeX, because I think it is too fragile.  That
is, while it does hide some of TeX's complexity from the user, it
also adds an entire layer of complexity of it's own.

Here's an analogy:  Should you program in C, or a Basic which is written
in C?  While Basic might simplify some things, there are a lot of things
that you'd like to be able to do which have kudgy solutions in Basic.  You
might have been better off in C all the time.