From:	Weiqi Gao <weiqigao AT a DOT crl DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.text.tex,comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: DJGPP port of TeX (with instructions for non-DJGPP'ers) (Was Re: Win95 and LaTex ?)
Date:	Wed, 09 Jul 1997 19:04:28 -0500
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Kaz Kylheku wrote:

> Why do people do TeX/LaTeX with Windows 95? Or, more precisely, why would a
> TeXpert bother with windows? You are one step away from not needing a GUI at
> all if you can typeset with these tools, so it's not like you need to run
> Word! :)
> 
> Strange.

The question should be asked the other way around: why do people doing
TeX/LaTeX care about the underlying operating system?  TeX will behave
identically, and produce exactly the same output, for identical input
files no matter where it is run, right?

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Weiqi Gao
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