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jtbayly on May 24, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: I hate LaTeX, I love LaTeX

I always wonder with comments like this what LaTeX allows that Adobe Indesign is incapable of.

OJFord on May 24, 2022 | [–]

Plaintext source file; hence source control and portability. Also it's free in both senses.

andrepd on May 24, 2022 | [–]

* Free (as in freedom) and open source

* Cross-platform

* Industry standard in the sciences

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