Comment on Interview with Donald KnuthparentComments−eru16yBut - is it as beautiful?−amichail16yTwitter is a greater conceptual leap over blogging than TeX is over troff.−wglb16yNot really. Twitter is microblogging. TeX greatly expanded the quality and re-usability of very difficult typeset documents.−eru16yPerhaps. Still, TeX feels like an accomplishment. (Though as a programming language it's close to horrible.)
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But - is it as beautiful?
Twitter is a greater conceptual leap over blogging than TeX is over troff.
Not really. Twitter is microblogging. TeX greatly expanded the quality and re-usability of very difficult typeset documents.
Perhaps. Still, TeX feels like an accomplishment. (Though as a programming language it's close to horrible.)