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From: bakken@hrsw2.UUCP (David E. Bakken)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Books for a Postscript beginner
Message-ID: <44@hrsw2.UUCP>
Date: 1 Jan 88 02:16:10 GMT
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Organization: Boeing Commercial Aircraft Co., Seattle, Wa.
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Keywords: Holzman, Adobe, Postscript, beginner
Summary: Which ones should I get?

I am going to be learning Postscript soon and am wondering what books
or references I will need.  I have programmed in many languages and
will be working on PD and shareware products and similar projects.
I will NOT be using it at work in the forseeable future.

I saw a book "Understanding Postscript Programming" by David A. Holzgang
(SYBEX: Alameda, CA 1987 - $22.95 at B Dalton).  It looked pretty good, and
I wonder if this and a reference card will do me.  The other choice
seems to be Adobe Systems' "Postscript Language (Tutorial and Cookbook, LRM)"
(Addison Wesley 1985, ($16.95,$22.95) at B Dalton).  

Has Postscript changed since the 1985 publication of the Adobe books?  (I
will get NeWS documentation If I get the chance to use it).  Is Adobe
working on a newer edition that will hit the streets the day after I
buy their books?  Any advice on what I will need/desire would be appreciated,
especially if any interests/ties to the authors or publishers are
noted.  Thanks!
-- 
Dave Bakken
Boeing Commercial Airplane Company
uw-beaver!apcisea!tahoma!hrsw2!bakken 		(206) 234-2039
(generic) disclaimer: these views are my own, not my employers.