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Re:LaTeX3: Programming in LaTeX with Ease (2020) by hfkwer on Monday July 31, 2023 @02:59PM (#36947260)
Not sure why you're being sarcastic. PDF is terrible for anything other than printing documents.
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Re:LaTeX3: Programming in LaTeX with Ease (2020) by esalman on Monday July 31, 2023 @03:15PM (#36947435)
Yet they persist. So does latex, even in 2023. There is intrinsic value in both that OP does not want to acknowledge.
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Re:LaTeX3: Programming in LaTeX with Ease (2020) by hfkwer on Monday July 31, 2023 @05:20PM (#36949010)
And mp3 persists despite being inferior to any alternative. The reason isn't intrinsic value, it's inertia.
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Re:LaTeX3: Programming in LaTeX with Ease (2020) by kaba0 on Monday July 31, 2023 @05:02PM (#36948782)
It is perfect for its job, and nothing else comes even close to it.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36948776

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