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Article #7462Re: An Idea to Help Make Postscript Easier to Read (and Write)
From: Steve McCanne
Date: Tue, 06 Sep 1988 01:48
Date: Tue, 06 Sep 1988 01:48
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In article <940@helios.ee.lbl.gov> forrest@ux1.lbl.gov (Jon Forrest) writes: [stuff about difficulty of reading PostScript] > >Anyway, an idea occurred to me that would help people like me >read (and eventually write) Postscript. I thought I'd run it by >this newsgroup to see what you all think. > >What about a "compiler" that converts standard postscript into >what I'll call infix/function form? In otherwords, the output would Van Jacobson thought this was a good idea as well. He developed a language called "PreScript" that is a lot like C, and compiles into PostScript. I helped with the implementation; it should be out for beta testing very soon, if not already. Look for it in comp.sources.misc. Steven McCanne mccanne@helios.ee.lbl.gov
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!mailrus!uwmcsd1!ig!agate!helios.ee.lbl.gov!h2opolo.ee.lbl.gov!mccanne From: mccanne@h2opolo.ee.lbl.gov (Steve McCanne) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: An Idea to Help Make Postscript Easier to Read (and Write) Message-ID: <943@helios.ee.lbl.gov> Date: 6 Sep 88 01:48:23 GMT References: <940@helios.ee.lbl.gov> Sender: usenet@helios.ee.lbl.gov Reply-To: mccanne@helios.ee.lbl.gov (Steve McCanne) Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley Lines: 17