K. Reid Wightman  ðŸŒ»  

I have a few old documents in .tex format and I had to update one recently.

Do other people refer to it as 'compiling' a tex document? I always thought of it that way. I started managing certain complex documents with a makefile, since it is usually a multi-step process (latex then ps2pdf). This really drove me to call it a compilation process...

Mar 21 at 4:16amWeb
Show threadRussell Davis1d ago

@reverseics it's a magic incantation that transforms one thing non-human readable thing into another non-human readable thing so of course it's "compiling"

:)

Show threadWill1d ago
@reverseics also always thought of it this way. And also have makefiles.
Show threadKarl1d ago
@reverseics yep, I've always thought of tex as a compiler, although it is technically an interpreter