[texhax] "@" : vowel or glottal stop ? (was : Some puzzling TeX)

[Paul Isambert]

Le 24/02/2011 17:02, Philipp Stephani a écrit :
> Am 24.02.2011 15:59, schrieb Philipp Stephani:
>> TeX was obviously invented after ConTeXt.
> that should be "before" :-/

Le 24/02/2011 16:08, Herbert Schulz a écrit :
> On Feb 24, 2011, at 7:23 AM, Paul Isambert wrote:
>> - ? and ! are already used in ConTeXt, and probably DEK wanted to make a difference;
> If anything, it would be the reverse since ConTeXt didn't exist when DEK was writing the Plain macros.


How naïve. Haven't you ever heard of plagiarism by anticipation?
http://www.spinelessbooks.com/20/essays/oulipo.html

Best,
Paul