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This is a collection of articles and wrap|-|ups that don't suit in other manuals
or collections. Some are published, some meant as draft for a presentation.

The \quotation {Children of \TEX} article is the framework for a presentation at
Bacho\TEX\ 2017 in Poland, and covers the main theme of the conference. In the
aftermath of that conference I wrote \quotation {Advertising \TEX} and later
\quotation {Why use \TEX?}. The 2018 Bacho\TEX\ conference theme is explored in
\quotation {What’s to stay, what’s to go}. After a short discussion on the
\CONTEXT\ mailing list about stability (at the moment that \MKII\ had been frozen
for more than a decade but is still used without problems) I wrote \quotation
{Stability}.

Many of the thoughts in these articles are influenced by discussions with my
colleagues Ton Otten and Kees van Marle, users and developers. Operating in a
similar arena, they provide me the reflection needed to sort out my thoughts on
these matters.

The order in this document is not chronological. In the meantime we also put some
development related stories in this collection, just because they have to fit in
somewhere.

Not all musings are checked and copy|-|edited so let me know if there are errors
and typos in them.

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Hans Hagen
Hasselt NL
2017\endash 2023+
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