TeX
AKA latex
Summary
A typesetting system designed by Donald Knuth for creating high-quality documents with mathematical content. TeX is renowned for its precision in formatting and is the foundation for LaTeX.
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typesetting, scientific computing
Key Features
Typing
untyped system, weak typing, none inference, runtime checking
Compilation
interpreted
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File extensions
tex, aux, bbx, cbx, cls, dtx, ins, lbx, ltx, mkii, mkiv, mkvi, sty, toc
External Links
| Status | active |
| Type | markup |
| Created | 1978 |
| Designed by | Donald Knuth |
| Developed by | Donald Knuth |
| PyPL Index | N/A |
| TIOBE Index | N/A |
| GitHub rank | #21 |