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From: wm@tekchips.UUCP (Wm Leler)
Newsgroups: net.graphics
Subject: Re: GKS vs. 1979 SIGGRAPH CORE
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Date: Mon, 9-Apr-84 13:08:30 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr  9 13:08:30 1984
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My understanding of the Siggraph Core standard was that it was
more of a compromise than a standard.  Even some of the people
who helped draft it aren't that happy with it.  GKS seems to
be a much more harmonious standard.  I also understand that
some of the people who worked on the Siggraph Core standard
are the same people who are now drafting the GKS standard.

And that speaks for itself.

To people who ask what was wrong with the "original" standard,
meaning the Siggraph Core one, I ask, what was wrong with the
real original standard -- Plot-10? :-)  If you think I am
defending Plot-10, think again.

		Standards come and go.
		None of them get better with age.

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