[Info-vax] up-to-date version of LaTeX on VMS

[Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply]

In article <WMKdnT3-WKeEYMLUnZ2dnUVZ_rTinZ2d at giganews.com>, "Richard B.
Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> writes: 

> >  In the past, many of the LaTeX developers and
> >> implementers used VMS (Lamport was working for DEC when he developed
> >> LaTeX, remember), but I don't think that is the case today.
> > 
> > Leslie worked out of the lab in Palo Alto.  I would bet he used an Ultrix 
> > system and not a VMS system.  I skimmed though the first few pages of his 
> > book and he didn't say what system was used.
> 
> Leslie may have been a Unix type but the VMS versions of TeX/LaTeX 
> worked just fine years ago.  I can't say that LaTeX works now!

Not just Lamport, but the other folks who implemented LaTeX2e.  IIRC, 
there were some VMS folks among those.