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TEX has 325 primitive control sequences. The TeXbook, on pages 271–275, assigns a type to about half the primitives. Knuth’s types are internal quantity and five kinds of parameters (integer, dimen, glue, muglue, and token). I call each of the remaining primitives a command unless it is defined in terms of other primitives (e.g., \hfil). I call those derived commands.
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Bausum, D. (2002). Families and Primitive Control Sequences. In: TeX Reference Manual. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0941-7_1
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