Rob RicciMay 4, 2023
If you think #vim is hard to exit, try to get #LaTeX to die after feeding it a file with multiple syntax errors
Show threadEthan BlantonMay 4, 2023

@ricci -interaction=nonstopmode is a blessing.

LaTeX is not Lisp. I don't want to be dumped into the debugger when it fails.

Show threadRob RicciMay 4, 2023
@elb LaTeX would be better if it were in a Lisp, change my mind
Show threadDan PortsMay 5, 2023
@ricci @elb LaTeX would be better if it were in pretty much anything else...
Show threadRob RicciMay 5, 2023
@dan @elb *monkey's paw curls* LaTeX is now in Tcl
Show threadRyan AddessiMay 5, 2023
@ricci @dan @elb you just had to say any
Show threadRob RicciMay 5, 2023
@raddessi @dan @elb Look, I'm sure someone did it at some point
Show threadDan PortsMay 5, 2023
@ricci @raddessi @elb I don't generally like to admit this but I actually do maintain Tcl scripts for installing TeX Live (in MacPorts)
Show threadRob RicciMay 5, 2023
@dan @raddessi @elb Look, I used to help maintain way too much Tcl https://gitlab.flux.utah.edu/emulab/emulab-devel/-/tree/master/tbsetup/ns2ir
tbsetup/ns2ir · master · emulab / emulab-devel · GitLab

Official source code for Emulab (www.emulab.net) and related projects

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Show threadRyan Addessi
@ricci @dan @elb that is some of the prettiest TCL I've seen, to be fair
May 5, 2023 at 2:07amWeb
Show threadRob RicciMay 5, 2023
@raddessi @dan @elb yeah even though it ovverides the damn global assignment operator :)
Show threadRyan AddessiMay 5, 2023
@ricci @dan @elb you can't use an awful language without committing at least one atrocity. I've seen worse bash