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Is Latex Still Worth Learning?

Posted by Cliff on from the Is-TeX-still-king-for-math-typesetting dept.

Bocaj asks: "I have start back to college and have to write a few technical papers. Right now it's mostly physics, but I'm a CS major and there will be many more papers to come. I've tried all of the office suites with little luck in getting them to format complex formulas correctly. I'm trying to learn Latex, but I am wondering if I should. Is Latex still the defacto standard for this kind of stuff? What about SGML or XML? What is everyone else using?"

3 of 180 comments (clear)

  1. Rubber fetish by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Let the rubber-fetish jokes begin! After about 8 of these, there will be something that is actually on-topic.

  2. Learn LaTex by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    so that you can avoid any possible infections ;)

  3. Well... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ..if your father 'knew' Latex, you wouldn't be here!

    Ba-dum-bum [cymbol crash]

    Thank you! Thank you! I'll be here all week. Remember to tip your waitress!