How can you take vacations when millions of people are anxiously waiting for TAOCP volumes 7 and 8, so they can put it on their bookshelf and never once read it?
Donald Knuth will be writing THE definitive book on bytecode languages in TAOCP volumes 11-12. I don't see any reason to dick around with some amateur's feeble attempt.
... that ORA uses FrameMaker and Microsoft Word to do their typesetting. When they start using TeX, I'll be able to read their books without feeling the urge to gouge out my eyes.
too bad you didn't tell us anything useful. Like if the book was typeset in TeX, like if it has good margins, and if it has fully-justified paragraphs. I think most ggeks take pride in appearance and aesthetics.
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Personally, I'll just wait for TAOCP volumes 9 and 10 which will be the definitive guide on network programming for all operating systems.
Did he forgetcrazy idea #10: not typesetting a book with TeX? I mean, if you want your book to be readable, you need to use TeX for the typesetting.
Was this book typeset with TeX?
I'm still waiting for the TeX cookbook. Perl sucks for trying to do high-quality typesetting. TeX all the way baby!
is this book typeset with TeX?
How can you take vacations when millions of people are anxiously waiting for TAOCP volumes 7 and 8, so they can put it on their bookshelf and never once read it?
The pirate protested: "Aaargh, your honor, I was just burying me family jewles!"
.. but can it print to a .dvi file?
Did they typeset this book with TeX?
In short - skip this book and buy TAOCP instead.
Was this book typeset in TeX? I have a hard time taking career advice from someone that can't be bothered to aesthetically typeset!
Did they use TeX to typeset this book?
Must not have been looking very hard. I found a major fault -- it's not typeset with TeX!
Donald Knuth will be writing THE definitive book on bytecode languages in TAOCP volumes 11-12. I don't see any reason to dick around with some amateur's feeble attempt.
... that ORA uses FrameMaker and Microsoft Word to do their typesetting. When they start using TeX, I'll be able to read their books without feeling the urge to gouge out my eyes.
Did the authors and/or publisher use TeX to typeset this book?
Does anyone know if they used literate programming (WEB) for writing the compiler?
Was this book typeset with \TEX or not?
For example, material typeset with TeX is beautiful and readable. All books should be typeset with TeX for maximum aesthetics.
Did they use TeX to typeset this book?
The review forgot to mention if this book was typeset in TeX. Does anybody know?
Did they use TeX to typeset this book?
It's called TeX. Look into it.
too bad you didn't tell us anything useful. Like if the book was typeset in TeX, like if it has good margins, and if it has fully-justified paragraphs. I think most ggeks take pride in appearance and aesthetics.