Using // with dictionary names

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From: Mark Martino
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 1989 18:33

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Are these two sets of PostScript statements equivalent?

	//somedictionary begin
		.
		.
		.
	end

	somedictionary begin
		.
		.
		.
	end

I have a PostScript file that uses both forms and they both seem to
cause the same things to happen.  Why bother with the first one if the
second one will do?

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From: marmar@mtk.UUCP (Mark Martino)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Using // with dictionary names
Summary: What really happens?
Message-ID: <886@mtk.UUCP>
Date: 7 Aug 89 18:33:35 GMT
Reply-To: marmar@mtk.UUCP (Mark Martino)
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Organization: Mannesmann Tally, Kent, WA 98032
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