Re: text formatters written in PostScript?

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From: Carl J Lydick
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 19:49

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In article <1992Oct15.001223@eklektix.com>, rcd@raven.eklektix.com (Dick Dunn) writes:
>>i.e. what I'm looking for is troff or TeX or something, but written
>>in PostScript...
>
>At this point, most of us are probably asking "why PostScript???"  That is,
>why does the implementation language matter?  It seems like PostScript has
>no particular strengths, and several serious weaknesses.

No, we're not.  We realize that were such a program available, one could simply
download the program and the text to the PostScript printer and let IT do the
formatting.  If we use more than one operating system in our work, it wouldn't
be necessary to port the code for the formatter to each operating system.
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From: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
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Subject: Re: text formatters written in PostScript?
Date: 15 Oct 1992 19:49:01 GMT
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