On Apr 30, 2005, at 10:51 AM, Frank D. Engel, Jr. wrote:

OTOH, PostScript is a real programming language, a point which a lot of people seem to miss...



As a point of interest, the PostScript syntax is directly related to a general machine independent programming language called Forth. Forth was used to control telescopes in the days of the minicomputer. It migrated to various microprocessors and was used a lot in process control applications. Forth is still alive and well today.


Dennis

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