UH2@PSUVM.BITNET (Lee Sailer) (09/29/89)
<1855@cs-spool.calgary.UUCP> <19781@unix.cis.pitt.edu> I use TeX for all my writing. I find it easier to let TeX layout the paragraphs and pages instead of fussing with something like Word Perfect. I don't use LaTeX, because I think it is too fragile. That is, while it does hide some of TeX's complexity from the user, it also adds an entire layer of complexity of it's own. Here's an analogy: Should you program in C, or a Basic which is written in C? While Basic might simplify some things, there are a lot of things that you'd like to be able to do which have kudgy solutions in Basic. You might have been better off in C all the time.