monardo@renoir.Berkeley.EDU (Pat Monardo) (01/05/87)
I only recently discovered this newsgroup and have been reading everything trying to figure it out and would like to comment on several topics that have been floating around. I was introduced to typesetting on unix and spent several years learning troff. I love troff and between troff and tex, I have spent well over 50% of my logged time in typesetting activities. A natural result of this is that I view unix as primarily a typesetting system. Even weirder, I think of C as a typesetter implementation language. The unix/c combination is a (computer) typesetter's dream and any comparison to any other system pales. Laser printers are here and this newsgroup will be filled with their discussions for many years. One day I will have my own and then my long years of work will blossom. For myself, this will always be on a unix system and be centered on troff and tex. I wish us all many years of glorious printing. Happy New Year, Pat P.S. Long live character devices!