> Matthew Swift <[log in to unmask]>: > >There are benefits to the original \include system, but they are not > >so great that others should not be considered. The \include system > >does not let you do anything you couldn't do with \input. It just > >makes it more convenient for long documents. These conveniences don't > >seem as wonderful in days of more powerful equipment... > > This is one aspect that I have in my mind: Computers are getting so fast > that making a full compile every once in a while does not hurt. Every once in a while, maybe. Every time, definitely not. Computers get faster, and so do discs. But discs get faster slower than computers (as it were). I can assure you that I don't want to run my 600 files through latex because I've changed one 2-pager... Robin