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From: ken@turtlevax.UUCP (Ken Turkowski)
Newsgroups: net.graphics
Subject: Re: Graphics and Databases
Message-ID: <1027@turtlevax.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 14-Jan-86 17:02:00 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 14 17:02:00 1986
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References: <444@decwrl.DEC.COM>
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Organization: CIMLINC, Inc. @ Menlo Park, CA
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In article <444@decwrl.DEC.COM> jones@miles.DEC (Ollie Jones LM04/H4 DTN 279-6676) writes:
>1)  EDIF...Electronic Design Interchange Format (Version 1 0 0, 1985).
>
>    A LISP-like, implementation-independent, way of representing VLSI and
>    related CAD data.
>    ...
>
>2)  Initial Graphics Exchange Specification (IGES) Version 2.0
>    Format for mechanical CAD data. 
>    ...

While you mention that EDIF is LISP-like, you fail to mention that IGES is
FORTRAN-like.

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