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In article <Jan.4.17.55.27.1990.662@busboys.rutgers.edu>,
gaynor@busboys.rutgers.edu (Silver) writes:
> I stress the benefit that a PostScript compiler would encourage programmers to
> program in PostScript itself (i.e., not just as a display medium) instead of
> more primitive languages.
> 
> Regards, [Ag]

Well...  I dunno.  I mean, interpreted PostScript is plenty quick (in NeWS,
for example), but it has it's share of primitive aspects.  Dictionaries are a
particularly nice way of having dynamic binding environments available as
first class data structures, but the rest of the language leaves some things
to be desired when it comes to general programming, and programming in the
large scale in particular.  It's kind of like Forth in this respect--writing
code to handle single operations is fine, but I wouldn't want to write a
large application in it, even though it could be done.

Amanda Walker
InterCon Systems Corporation
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