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Re <9209150244.AA12148@cookie-crisp> <BuKGB6.3ty@news.cso.uiuc.edu>:

> 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?
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> PostScript(tm) Version 38.0
> Copyright (c) 1985 Adobe Systems Incorporated.
> PS>4 2 div =
> 2.0
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> $ gs -v
> Ghostscript 2.5.1 (9/11/92)
> $ print "4 2 div =" | gs -dNODISPLAY -
> Initializing... done.
> 2
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

It's an under-specification in the definition of the PostScript
language, which doesn't require integral reals to print with a
decimal point.

>From a compatibility viewpoint, it's a bug in Ghostscript.  I'll make
reals always print with a decimal point (or an exponent) when I
re-release 2.5.1.  I can't, however, guarantee that Ghostscript will
print all reals the same way that an Adobe interpreter does.

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