TeX is a typesetting system created by the computer scientist Donald Knuth of Stanford University, who was dissatisfied with the quality of the printing of the second edition of his book The Art of Computer Programming. It is particularly good at setting mathematical formulas, and uses a markup language in which authors describe the structure of the text. Knuth designed it to produce the same output on any computer, and it is famous for its stability, with version numbers that approach the number pi. The macro package LaTeX, developed by Leslie Lamport on top of TeX, became the standard way of writing scientific papers in mathematics, physics and computer science.
Before and after
- 1978Founding of Donkervoort
- 1978Rasputin
- 1978Rise of new wave of British heavy metal
- 1978Establishment of Jiuzhaigou Valley
- 1978Creation of TeX
- 1978Founding of Solomon Islands
- 1978Publication of Garfield
- 1978The Laetoli footprints are uncovered
- 6 January 1978Discovery of 81P/Wild
More in Science & technology
- 1945Discovery of promethium
- 1950Discovery of californium
- 18 February 1970Discovery of dubnium
- 1976Discovery of bohrium
- 29 August 1982Discovery of meitnerium
- June 2002Discovery of oganesson
The era
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