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Topic: Why didn't Satoshi Nakamoto use LaTeX? (Read 717 times)

donator
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January 26, 2015, 08:42:58 AM
#5
Satochi was also a windows programmer and LaTeX is a serious pain in the ass to get working in windows.
The fact that he wasn't comfortable (initially) with Linux and standard things like LaTeX hints at his non programmer/mathematician/physicist background.
Yeah, just another deity.  But that's cool, he's kind loveable after all.

All hail Satoshi.
donator
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I outlived my lifetime membership:)
January 26, 2015, 08:29:29 AM
#4
Satochi was also a windows programmer and LaTeX is a serious pain in the ass to get working in windows.



The fact that he wasn't comfortable (initially) with Linux and standard things like LaTeX hints at his non programmer/mathematician/physicist background.
legendary
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January 26, 2015, 12:43:43 AM
#3
Satochi was also a windows programmer and LaTeX is a serious pain in the ass to get working in windows.

sr. member
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January 26, 2015, 12:32:59 AM
#2
I don't see any significance to this.  Does this mean that Satoshi didn't actually have any technical ability?  Huh

It's also possible that Satoshi was not necessarily a conformist.
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January 25, 2015, 10:51:48 PM
#1
LaTeX is the standard typesetting system for scientific and technical papers. According to this conversation on Reddit, the Bitcoin whitepaper didn't use LaTeX but instead used OpenOffice.org.

Link to the Bitcoin whitepaper: http://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf
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