Re:Linux ready for world dominiation?
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But anyway thats not what linux is all about.
Yes it is! World domination, fast! But we have to do it carefully... Personally I don't think too much hype is good for Linux. I think it scares some people away. "I just want to do my word processing". User friendliness is the next great step for Linux. Having people choosing Linux as their first OS (and getting them to continue using it).
I've never seen any programs written in CWEB (nor in FWEB or any other WEB) apart from those on Knuth's site and those that are distributed together with the CWEB distribution.
You said "But when I want to write texts, I just want to write a text. I don't want to be forced to write a program in order to get it done."
Well, yes. Plain TeX is/was like that. That's one of the reasons why LaTeX appeared. I really don't feel like I'm "programming" when I write a document using LaTeX. Well... maybe when I write the header stuff (the \usepackage[foo]{bar} and \author{baz} stuff), but certainly not when I write the main body of the document.
LaTeX "encourages authors not to worry too much about the appearance of their documents, but to concentrate on getting the right content." (that last bit was taken from http://www.latex-project.org/intro.html).
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Yes it is! World domination, fast! But we have to do it carefully... Personally I don't think too much hype is good for Linux. I think it scares some people away. "I just want to do my word processing". User friendliness is the next great step for Linux. Having people choosing Linux as their first OS (and getting them to continue using it).
Ok, so I might be poorly informed about the current trends in computer programming :-)
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Is there anyone *really* using "The CWEB System of Structured Documentation" (http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/cweb.h
I've never seen any programs written in CWEB (nor in FWEB or any other WEB) apart from those on Knuth's site and those that are distributed together with the CWEB distribution.
You said "But when I want to write texts, I just want to write a text. I don't want to be forced to write a program in order to get it done."
Well, yes. Plain TeX is/was like that. That's one of the reasons why LaTeX appeared. I really don't feel like I'm "programming" when I write a document using LaTeX. Well... maybe when I write the header stuff (the \usepackage[foo]{bar} and \author{baz} stuff), but certainly not when I write the main body of the document.
LaTeX "encourages authors not to worry too much about the appearance of their documents, but to concentrate on getting the right content." (that last bit was taken from http://www.latex-project.org/intro.html).