Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!att!occrsh!uokmax!randy
From: randy@uokmax.UUCP (Longshot)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Names and colours of books
Keywords: books names who saxophone dark and stormy night
Message-ID: <3484@uokmax.UUCP>
Date: 10 Jul 89 23:26:37 GMT
References: <2526@gandalf.UUCP> <187@zorin.UUCP>
Reply-To: randy@uokmax.UUCP (Longshot)
Organization: University of Oklahoma, ECN
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In article <187@zorin.UUCP> chris@zorin.UUCP (Christopher Nielsen) writes:
-In article <2526@gandalf.UUCP>, oheare@gandalf.UUCP (David O'Heare) writes:
-> 
-> People refer to the "red" book, and the "blue" book, and even the
-> "green" book.  Do they have titles other than that?  Are there other
-> colours of books?  Who are they by? Are they available at better
-
-	Blue Book: Postscript Tutorial and Cookbook ISBN 0-201-10179-3
-	Red Book:  Postscript Reference Manual      ISBN 0-201-10174-2
-
-	Both published by Addison-Wesley. I don't have the green book, so
-	I don't know. it's newer than the others. I think it's some kind of
-	applications book. 
-

The Green Book is Postscript Language Design. I don't have it handy, so I
don't the ISBN number. These three are all there is, to date. The green
book is recommended for those writing programs that generate postscript
as output.

Randy
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