Re: Lisp dialect as front end to PostScript

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From: Peter da Silva
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 17:07

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In article <1992Apr10.171701.1856@adobe.com> byer@adobe.com (Scott Byer) writes:
> That is, given the choice and identical functionality, who
> would prefer to program in Lisp? 

Given a choice and identical functionality, I would prefer to program
in Forth. Postscript is pretty close, but there's some design problems
that I'd rather not have to workaround all the time (little things like
the ordering of the arguments to DEF, the artificial distinction between
DEF and SET, and so on).
-- 
/F{findfont exch scalefont setfont}def /S{moveto show}def /T{/Times-Roman F}def
8 T(Ferranti International Controls Corporation)24 28 S(+1 713 274 5180)24 12 S
(Sugar Land, TX  77487-5012)24 20 S 12 /Courier F(`-_-')320 32 S( 'U` )320 16 S
12 T(Peter da Silva)24 36 S 16 T(Have you hugged your wolf today?)358 24 S

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