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[AI summary] The discussion revolves around the use of LaTeX for writing and typesetting, with a focus on its strengths and weaknesses. Key points include the readability of LaTeX code versus text, the role of LaTeX in scientific publishing, and the debate over whether LaTeX is suitable for writing prose. Some users argue that LaTeX is more efficient for complex formatting and typesetting, especially in academic contexts, while others find it cumbersome for everyday writing tasks. The conversation highlights the importance of choosing the right tool for the task, with LaTeX being particularly well-suited for specific needs like mathematical notation and document structure, but not necessarily for general writing. There is also a mention of the challenges of ...
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Over the weekend a minor smack-talk session opened up on Twitter between Maria Andersen and about half a dozen other math people about MathType versus $latex \LaTeX$. Maria is on record as being pro-MathType and yesterday she claimed that $latex \LaTeX$ is "not intuitive to learn". I warned her that a pro-$latex \LaTeX$ blog post...
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By request a post that may create the biggest backlash since I declared myself Unixfree . \begin{rant} LaTeX is a great system for mat...
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