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From: claird@lairds.com (Cameron Laird)
Subject: Re: Program structure of Pstricks, what is its basic structure?
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 15:23:35 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <103mr3ngi9mhd96@corp.supernews.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 42414174.0402221953.24c938a6@posting.google.com

In article <42414174.0402221953.24c938a6@posting.google.com>,
Crashedandburnt <crashedandburnt1@hotmail.com> wrote:
			.
		[much other vitupera-
		tion already addressed]
			.
			.
>Knuth's book is scrap. It is convoluted by malice or twist of his
>mind. It mixes advanced usage with basics. For contrast, compare, for
>example, the Adobe cookbook or thinking in postscript. I pick
>postscript because it is as extensive as TeX in its functions. CB has
>a very nicely organized glossary. Knuth wrote his book to impress his
>colleagues so that he can get an early retirement from Stanford by
>dominating his colleagues. This is exactly what the abuse of software
>to control the world is, and what Richard Stallman is crusading
>against. Gnu is now active in the next phase of its mission which is
>quality documentation. But since TeX is not FSF software, they are not
>likely to focus on it. Someone active in this group is gonna have to
>do that.
			.
			.
			.
These certainly are dramatic, vivid claims.

I have no evidence that any of them are justified.  I
recommend those readers personally unfamiliar with Dr.
Knuth give no weight to these unsupported allegations.
-- 

Cameron Laird <claird@phaseit.net>
Business:  http://www.Phaseit.net

      parent reply	other threads:[~2004-02-24 15:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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     [not found] ` <QY8DY60K38039.536875@Gilgamesh-Frog.org>
     [not found]   ` <c1a78u$6bm$01$1@news.t-online.com>
2004-02-23  3:53     ` Program structure of Pstricks, what is its basic structure? Crashedandburnt
2004-02-23 10:52       ` Giuseppe Bilotta
2004-02-24  0:36         ` Crashedandburnt
2004-02-23 14:18       ` Tim McNamara
2004-02-23 14:52       ` Timothy Van Zandt
2004-02-24  0:04         ` Crashedandburnt
2004-02-24  3:10           ` Tim McNamara
2004-02-24  7:49             ` Brooks Moses
2004-02-24  8:15             ` Crashedandburnt
2004-02-24  8:39               ` David Kastrup
2004-02-24 16:28                 ` R. H. Allen
2004-02-24  3:21           ` David Kastrup
2004-02-24  8:51             ` Crashedandburnt
2004-02-24  9:20               ` David Kastrup
2004-02-24 19:18               ` Tim McNamara
2004-02-24 15:08           ` Paul Thompson
2004-02-23 15:49       ` Timothy Van Zandt
2004-02-23 17:34         ` Donald Arseneau
2004-02-23 17:54       ` R. H. Allen
2004-02-24 15:23       ` Cameron Laird [this message]

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