PlainTeX

PlainTeX is the first and simplest TeX Dialect. Original TeX compiler only supports 256 registers used by PlainTeX. LuaTeX supports 65536 however PlainTeX cannot use them.

main.tex:

Hello, \TeX!
$$\sum_{n = 1}^\infty{1\over{n^2}} = {\pi^2\over6}$$

\bye
lx add -b luatex
lx shell --build
luatex main.tex

luatex

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