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Whenever the eqnarray
environment appears in a
question or an example of a problem on the comp.text.tex
newsgroup or the TeXhax mailing
list there is a large chance that someone will tell the poster not
to use eqnarray
. This article will provide some examples
of why many of us consider eqnarray
to be harmful and why
it should not be used.
Lars Madsen holds a master's degree in math from the Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Aarhus, Denmark, where he is also currently employed as a programmer doing general user support, including quite a lot of LaTeX support.
Lars is a regular on comp.text.tex and the Danish TeX User Group's mailing list. As he witnesses a lot of 'normal' LaTeX users, Lars is a bit concerned on how new users learn LaTeX. As a result of this, he is currently working on the third edition of his 300+ pages Danish LaTeX introduction. He can be contacted at
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