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Re: DDL: Is it Impress??

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From: Roy Smith
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 1986 01:32
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In <1986Nov29.000913.28639@utcs.uucp> romwa@utcs.uucp (Mark Dornfeld) writes:
> The new document description language (DDL) which seems to be
> a worthy Postscript rival is one of Imagen's products.

	PostScript is wonderful.  If DDL is something which has roughly the
same capabilites as PostScript, but is different just for the sake of being
different, why bother?  My personal opinion is that any laser printer
company that doesn't come out with a true PostScript printer soon is headed
for the tubes.
-- 
Roy Smith, {allegra,cmcl2,philabs}!phri!roy
System Administrator, Public Health Research Institute
455 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016

"you can't spell deoxyribonucleic without unix!"
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From: roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith)
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Subject: Re: DDL:  Is it Impress??
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Date: Sun, 30-Nov-86 20:32:44 EST
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