Helmut Kopka's interpretation of the TDS

Sebastian Rahtz twg-tds@mail.tug.org
Tue, 26 Nov 1996 13:31:59 GMT


 > This is not a noticeable difference, but it is measurable, 
interesting. but i am not sure the test is thorough. what if you take
a 1000 page book? dont you gain because the file name database is only
read once at the start?

 > and the differences
 > add up after running tex a few thousand times.
true, but that doesnt mean anything in practice. i mentally wipe the
slate clean when Tex finishes, i dont accumulate a small grievance!

 > grep \\\\somemacro /usr/custom/tex/inputs/{plain.tex,ams*}
 > 
find /usr/custom/tex/inputs -exec grep xxx {} \;

sebastian