shor@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Melinda Shore) (11/17/86)
[] Forgive me for asking this question yet again ... Has anyone translated TeX into C? We have some users on campus who have an ELXSI running miscellaneous OS's. Their Unix doesn't include a Pascal, but they very much would like to have TeX. Thanks, -- Melinda Shore ..!ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!shor University of Chicago Computation Center XASSHOR@UCHIMVS1.Bitnet
verber@osu-eddie.UUCP (Mark Verber) (11/20/86)
Norman Naugle at Texas A&M, and one of his students (Thomas Rekicki) have translated the Pascal source into C. They did in by writing a very good Pascal to C translator. The C code that the translator produced can be compiled directly on Vaxen and Suns. CTeX runs twice the speed of the standard UNIX distibution. I am not sure what the status of the code is. There was some talk of turning CTeX into a commercial product, but I have heard anything recently. It is quite speedy, especially after we profiled the code, added a few register declairations, and got 40% speed improvement. I also believe that some people at Case-Western have done the same thing and are going to put the code in the public-domain. They were planning to give it to U of Washington to be distributed on the next UNIX TeX tape. Cheers, ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Computer Science Department Mark A. Verber The Ohio State University verber@ohio-state.arpa +1 (614) 422-0915 cbosgd!osu-eddie!verber
larry@jc3b21.UUCP (11/22/86)
People keep referring to the TeX UNIX tape and/or a version of TeX that
runs on UNIX. I have not been able to find this anywhere (appologies
if it was posted to all.sources, but our newsfeed has been sporadic here
lately).
We are running a 3B2 computer and a local neighbor (University of South
Florida) runs Vaxen. Both of us would like to obtain TeX and run it on
Laserwriter(s) and HP LaserJet(s). Could anyone help? ---Thanks,
--
-----Lawrence F. Strickland (larry@jc3b21) Dept. of Engineering Technology
St. Petersburg Jr. College
Phone: +1 813 341 4705 P.O. Box 13489
UUCP: ...akgua!usfvax2!jc3b21!larry St. Petersburg, FL 33733ejp@ausmelb.OZ (Esmond Pitt) (11/27/86)
In article <636@jc3b21.UUCP>, larry@jc3b21.UUCP (Lawrence F. Strickland) writes: > > People keep referring to the TeX UNIX tape and/or a version of TeX that > runs on UNIX ... Could anyone help? > -- -- Esmond Pitt, ACSnet: ejp@ausmelb.oz Austec International Ltd, UUCP: ...!seismo!munnari!ausmelb.oz!ejp 344 St Kilda Rd, ARPA: ejp%ausmelb.oz@SEISMO.CSS.GOV Melbourne, 3004, AUSTRALIA. Phone: +61 3 699 4511; Telex: AA38559 D