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Subject: Re: PostScript Printers
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Date: Fri, 3-Apr-87 21:47:55 EST
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In article <589.phil.titan@Rice> phil@RICE.EDU (William LeFebvre) writes:
>
>DDL is supposed to be the successor to PostScript---more powerful and
>versatile.  This would make a DDL emulation in PostScript hard, I would
>think.  The real tragedy here is that, even if DDL is better, no one
>will ever find out because the computing world has gotten so hooked on
>PostScript (for better or worse).  It's the "BASIC" syndrome all over
>again.
>

   As PostScript has become the pseudostandard of the Desktop 
   Publishing industry, I would like to start a discussion about
   the advantages and disadvantages of the different page
   description languages (PostScript, Interpress, DDL, ...).
   Is there anybody on the net who can contribute some r e l e v a n t 
   facts or comments, perhaps even technical, to this discussion?