Comment on LaTeX vs. Word vs. WriterComments−brentr17yMy preference is a bit biased since most of the documents I type up are mathematical in nature, but LaTeX wins hands down.Yes, the learning curve is much steeper than Word for LaTeX, but doesn't everything worth knowing involve an initial period of head smacking?−jodrellblank17yOr perhaps the things that don't involve initial head smacking don't come to mind when you think of things "worth knowing".If everything you know was learned at some point, did you have an initial period of head smacking for everything you know?−brentr17yTouche. Perhaps I was a little careless in my statement.
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My preference is a bit biased since most of the documents I type up are mathematical in nature, but LaTeX wins hands down.
Yes, the learning curve is much steeper than Word for LaTeX, but doesn't everything worth knowing involve an initial period of head smacking?
Or perhaps the things that don't involve initial head smacking don't come to mind when you think of things "worth knowing".
If everything you know was learned at some point, did you have an initial period of head smacking for everything you know?
Touche. Perhaps I was a little careless in my statement.