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niilohlin
2107 days ago
I would say that (La)TeX is probably the closest thing to "finished" software that I use on somewhat regular basis.
> A work is never completed, but merely abandoned.
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codesections
2107 days ago
LaTeX appears to be under active development. Its most recent release was just over two weeks ago:
https://www.latex-project.org/news/
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JadeNB
2107 days ago
Yeah, better to say that TeX is (nearly) finished, with LaTeX still a roiling mass atop it.
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tmearnest
2107 days ago
Fun fact: when Knuth dies, TeX’s version number will converge to pi exactly.
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