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Date: 25 May 90 18:45:06 GMT
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From article <1990May24.205149.6065@Neon.Stanford.EDU>, by pallas@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Joe Pallas):
> In article <3378@auspex.auspex.com> guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris)
> writes:
>>What exactly is the complaint being made about PostScript here?
> 
> Programming is a human activity.  PostScript is a computer language
> unsuited to programming.  It was designed as a device-independent 2-d
> graphics representation language, of which it is a nearly adequate
> instance.

Human programming is a human activity.  Programming in general is not,
as many programs also write programs.  If you mean PostScript is a
computer language unsuited for use by human in programming, well, ok.
But it's a language that's easy for programs to generate, which may well
mean it's a good language for program programming.

Paul DuBois
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