Re[2]: Alternatives for reST -> PDF

> G. Milde: 
>> If you care for best layout quality, LaTeX might still be 
>> the ultimative choice. 

On Tue, 28 Mar 2006, Nick Moffitt apparently wrote: 
> With respect, LaTeX hasn't been the king of layout in a long time.  It 
> works most of the time, true, and ten years ago it was a jewel in the 
> Free Software crown, but it has shown its age since then. 

I would say that this is not an argument over anything 
except the meaning of 'layout'.  LaTeX was never a "page 
layout" program, but it is still excellent for its core 
typesetting purposes.  As far as I have seen, it remains 
unrivaled for typesetting math.  And for simple but 
featureful PDF production it is hard to beat too.
Indeed I would say that for these purposes it has aged 
almost not at all, and the TeX underpinnings perhaps even 
less.

To each task a tool.

Cheers,
Alan Isaac

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