Appendix D — Quotes

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• If you merely want to produce a passably good document–something acceptable and basically readable but not really beautiful–a simpler system will usually suffice (Knuth 1984, 1)

• Computers are good at following instructions, but not at reading your mind (Knuth 1984, 9)

• Error messages can be terrifying when you aren’t prepared for them; but they can be fun when you have the right attitude. Just remember that you really havn’t hurt the computer’s feelings, and that nobody will hold the errors against you. (Knuth 1984, 30)

Knuth, Donald Ervin. 1984. The \(\TeX\)Book. Addison-Wesley Reading, MA.