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Posted: August 23rd, 2008, 4:58am CEST by admin
Below is the excerpt of Practical Common Lisp.pdf, Chapter 1, Introduction
Introduction: Why Lisp?
If you think the greatest pleasure in programming comes from getting a lot done with code that simply and clearly expresses your intention, then programming in Common Lisp is likely to be about the most fun you can have with a computer. You’ll [...]
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Posted: August 22nd, 2008, 3:47pm CEST by admin
Preface
LATEX [1] is a typesetting system which is most suited to producing scientific and mathematical documents of high typographical quality. The system is also suitable for producing all sorts of other documents, from simple letters to complete books. LATEX uses TEX[2] as its formatting engine.
This short introduction describes LATEX2″ and should be sufficient for most [...]
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Posted: August 22nd, 2008, 7:29am CEST by admin
To the casual observer, TEX is not a state-of-the-art typesetting system. No flashy multilevel menus and interactive manipulation of text and graphics dazzle the onlooker. On a less superficial level, however, TEX is a very sophisticated program, first of all because of the ingeniousness of its built-in algorithms for such things as paragraph breaking and [...]
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Posted: August 22nd, 2008, 7:23am CEST by admin
To count yourself as a TEX or LATEX user, visit the TEX Users Group’s TEX Counter web site (and get a nice certificate!). There is occasionally some confusion among newcomers between the two main programs, TEX and LATEX:
” TEX is a typesetting program, originally written by Prof Knuth at Stanford around 1978. It implements a [...]
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Posted: August 2nd, 2008, 12:00pm CEST by admin
Author: IBM
Format: PDF
Price: free
A searchable list of the most recently published IBM Redbooks.
IBM Redbooks are developed and published by the IBM International Technical Support Organization, ITSO. The ITSO develops and delivers skills, technical know-how, and materials to IBM technical professionals, Business Partners, clients, and the marketplace in general.
The ITSO works with IBM Divisions and Business [...]
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