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Article #1937ps as real prog lang
From: jeff zeitlin
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 00:48
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 00:48
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Subject: (was: Postscript as a REAL programming language.) GA::>Pistscript is sure cool. It just hit me though that (not for production ::>purposes) postscript could be abused into doing like regular programs. IMO, it's not as farfetched as it might initially seem. Plenty of code has been written in a language called FORTH, and when I looked at PostScript and FORTH side-by-side, I was amazed at the similarity! Obviously, PS as implemented is mre for page layout than general programming, but it should still be possible to do some non-page-layout stuff just like you would in FORTH. Just a random thought... J/ jeff.zeitlin@execnet.com ================================================================== Anything I say in this or any communication to this or any medium is strictly my own non-authoritative opinion, unless otherwise explicitly noted. Except for myself, or where explicitly noted otherwise, I do not speak for any individual or organization. ================================================================== * OLX 2.2 * I think we should put a ban on all censorship -- Executive Network Information System (914) 667-4567 International ILink Host
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!psinntp!psinntp!execnet![jeff.zeitlin@execnet.com] From: "jeff zeitlin" <jeff.zeitlin@execnet.com> Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: ps as real prog lang Message-ID: <1992Sep12.817.4794@execnet> Date: 12 Sep 92 19:48:56 EST Reply-To: "jeff zeitlin" <jeff.zeitlin@execnet.com> Distribution: comp Organization: Executive Networks Information Lines: 27