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+<head>
+<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label LaTeXandPlain</title>
+</head><body>
+<h3>How does LaTeX relate to Plain TeX?</h3>
+<p/>LaTeX is a program written in the programming language TeX. (In
+the same sense, any LaTeX document is also a program, which is
+designed to run &lsquo;alongside&rsquo;, or &lsquo;inside&rsquo; LaTeX, whichever metaphor
+you prefer.)
+<p/>Plain TeX is also a program written in the programming language
+TeX.
+<p/>Both exist because writing your documents in &lsquo;raw&rsquo; TeX would
+involve much reinventing of wheels for every document. They both
+serve as convenient aids to make document writing more pleasant:
+LaTeX is a far more extensive aid.
+<p/>LaTeX is close to being a superset of Plain TeX. Many documents
+designed for Plain TeX will work with LaTeX with no more than
+minor modifications (though some will require substantial work).
+<p/>Interpretation of any (La)TeX program involves some data-driven
+elements, and LaTeX has a wider range of such elements than does
+Plain TeX. As a result, the mapping from LaTeX to Plain TeX
+is far less clear than that in the other direction &mdash; see a later
+answer about <a href="FAQ-LaTeXtoPlain.html">translating to Plain TeX</a>.
+<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=LaTeXandPlain">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=LaTeXandPlain</a>
+</body>