[Comm] [JT]TeX и Knuth..редиска

[Alexander Bokovoy]

On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 07:32:51PM +0300, ROmul wrote:
> Цитата из FAQ по LaTeX.
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> Knuth has declared that he will do no further development of TeX; he will
> continue to fix any bugs that are reported to him (though bugs are rare). This
> decision was made soon after TeX version 3.0 was released; at each bug-fix
> release the version number acquires one more digit, so that it tends to the
> limit pi (at the time of writing, Knuth's latest release is version 3.14159).
> Knuth wants TeX to be frozen at version pi when he dies; thereafter, no further
> changes may be made to Knuth's source. (A similar rule is applied to Metafont;
> its version number tends to the limit e, and currently stands at 2.718.)
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> Вроде хорошее, практически великое дело сделал...но вполне себе эгоистично.
> Редиска.
И что? Никто не запрещает развивать ТеХ далее, но называть его другим
именем.
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/ Alexander Bokovoy
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