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From: Daniel S. Lewart
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 11:37

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Here is some Ghostscript code which behaves differently in GS 2.5.1 and
on an Apple LaserWriter.  This gave me problems when I tried to `cvs' it
into a "1 string".  Is this a bug in PS 38.0 or in GS 2.5.1 or neither?

Thank you,
Daniel Lewart
d-lewart@uiuc.edu
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PostScript(tm) Version 38.0
Copyright (c) 1985 Adobe Systems Incorporated.
PS>4 2 div =
2.0
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$ gs -v
Ghostscript 2.5.1 (9/11/92)
$ print "4 2 div =" | gs -dNODISPLAY -
Initializing... done.
2
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Subject: div result format
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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 11:37:53 GMT
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