Date   : Thu, 03 Jan 1991 08:01:25 IST
From   : "Jacques J. Goldberg" <PHR00JG@TECHNION>
Subject: TeX under CP/M and ``TeX clones''.

I did not know that there exists or has existed anything like a stripped
down TeX or something resembling TeX.

IF IT EXISTS, KEEP YOUR HANDS AWAY.

Because TeX is TeX only if it is TeX. This is not a joke. One of the most
important FACTS about TeX, explaining at least in part its popularity in the
academic community, is that THE SAME INPUT FILE PRODUCES IDENTICALLY THE
SAME DOCUMENT ON ANY OUTPUT DEVICE USING ANY COMPUTER.

If you use ``something like'', you will start up happy to use your CP/M
machine with it. Then you will want MORE, BETTER QUALITY with a laser printer
for example. You will transfer the input to another machine, and IT WON'T WORK.
Unless you care for guaranteed frustration, DO NOT START.           Jacques