@checker @cmuratori @Jonathan_Blow Also isn't TeX pretty horrible _as a programming language_? Everything is an unhygienic macro, etc.
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@Reedbeta@checker@Jonathan_Blow Let's be clear: there is nothing great about TeX. But it was one-pass layout _that actually worked_.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Reedbeta@checker@Jonathan_Blow HTML/CSS is _multi-pass_ _and_ it doesn't work.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Reedbeta@checker@Jonathan_Blow It's strictly a step backward, at least as far as laying out any kind of normal thing someone would do.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Reedbeta@checker@Jonathan_Blow Do they both suck? Yes. But TeX has the excuse that there was literally _no fucking memory_.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Reedbeta@checker@Jonathan_Blow HTML/CSS has zero excuses, it should have been excellent. But instead it is not even a superset of TeX.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Reedbeta@checker@Jonathan_Blow And that's totally inexcusable considering it was _two decades later_.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@cmuratori@Reedbeta@Jonathan_Blow the world would be pretty different if progress was monotonic, that is for sure1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@checker@Reedbeta@Jonathan_Blow Or at least not massively regressive!2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@cmuratori@Reedbeta@Jonathan_Blow I'm not sure I'd flip the switch, seems like it'd be scary. Devil you know, and all that.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@checker @Reedbeta @Jonathan_Blow Yeah, it's like I always say: the devil you know is worth two in the bush!
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@cmuratori@Reedbeta@Jonathan_Blow I mean, think about if congress was actually effective...who knows what would happen.0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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