Re: PostScript?

[Louis-Dominique Dubeau <ldd@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

"David_A Cobb" <d_a_cobb@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> PostScript is a programming language for a class of printers and, in 
> later versions displays.  That is for Adobe interpreters and clones 
> embedded in a device.  As such it is absolutely dandy IMHO.
> 
> But it was never intended for human consumption that I can see.  It is 
> extraordinarily tough to program in.  If I look at what my word 
> processor generates it is ugly as sin (even uglier than LISP).  

I've programmed directly in PostScript and other languages and I don't
find PostScript any harder to use than those other languages.  In
fact, it has one of the simplest syntax I've seen.

	Regards,
	ldd


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