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From: zs04+@andrew.cmu.edu (Zachary T. Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: GhostScript executable for PCs ?
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Date: 25 Jun 89 11:41:17 GMT
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Russ,
     Ghostscript is a clone of the Adobe Postscript interpreter.
That is, it runs that language, writes stuff to a bitmap, and
controls when those bitmaps get dumped to a printer-- or to
EGA, which it supports under DOS.
     I once tried for ~6 hours to compile the thing, to no avail.
To be honest, I don't plan on trying again, unless I happen to
buy an HP laserjet sans Postscript in the near future, which
is only about 50% likely.
     If some good sole were to get this thing compiled and
functional, many people out there would be very grateful.
The program's basically gold. I.e., it promises to let Joe user
convert PS to other forms, which, if you'll notice, no other
graphic file conversion program will do.
     It's a great example of what GNU can do for people.

-Zach (zs04@andrew.cmu.edu)