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The "killer app" for most CS researchers is indeed Microsoft Word.


Nonsense. The standard writing tool in mathematics and computer science is LaTeX, which has plenty of bullshittery of its own. Most researchers will generally be suspicious of a Word-produced paper, since it usually will come from crackpots.


I was actually quoting Philip Grenspun there[1].

[1] http://books.google.com/books?id=Gb6vumaGwJAC&pg=PA47&lpg=PA...


the standard writing tool in mathematics and computer science is the pencil. Or pen, if you are feeling cocky.

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