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From: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A Modest Proposal (IFF QuickDraw)
Summary: It's simple, really.  I'm a moron.
Message-ID: <6001@well.UUCP>
Date: 21 May 88 07:58:39 GMT
References: <1760@van-bc.UUCP> <5967@well.UUCP> <5979@well.UUCP> <5589@cup.portal.com>
Reply-To: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab)
Organization: Bleep Gzorp!
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[ Surf Nazis Must Die! ]

In article <5589@cup.portal.com> doug-merritt@cup.portal.com writes:
>Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab writes:
>>[ handwave, handwave ]
>
>Leo then flames himself:
>>[ blah blah blah mother was a computer blah blah blah father was a
>>librarian blah blah blah weird dress habits blah blah blah ]
>
>I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, if in addition to
>the standard flaming of *other* people, everyone also starts flaming
>*themselves*, then the amount of net bandwidth consumed could rise
>exponentially.  [ ... ]
>
>What do you think? Oh, Leo says "yes.". Now Leo says "no." Now Leo
>says, "Leo, you ignorant sl*t..."
>
	There is actually a reason for this strange behavior.

	Shortly after posting my anti-PostScript message, I received a call
from Richard "His toilet works fine now" Sexton :-).  He calmly, coherently,
and civilly (if you can believe it) refuted every point I made against
PostScript.

	After the conversation, it struck me rather clearly that if I'm
going to go around and rant and rave (something I enjoy doing from time to
time), I'd damn well better know what I'm ranting and raving about.  Richard
made it quite clear to me that, other than knowing about its FORTH-like
syntax, I don't know the first thing about PostScript.  Further
introspection revealed that I don't know much about NAPLPS, either, except
was was imparted to be my Dave Hughes at the West Coast Computer Faire.

	See, Dave showed me what NAPLPS was, and to illustrate a point,
brought up a NAPLPS drawing program and proceeded to create a picture.  I
watched him use the program, and thought to myself, "Gee, this looks a lot
like MacDraw.  Maybe NAPLPS can address our need for structured graphics."

	Now Richard informs me that NAPLPS isn't nearly as general as
PostScript, and someone else further asserted that PostScript may not be
what we're looking for, either.

	So I'm going to shut up and watch you guys for a while.  However, I
may emerge in a little while and tell you all how wonderful Pixar's new
RenderMan (tm) specification is, since I just picked up a copy of it and am
still reading it...

Totally Unrelated Point:
	We recently passed article #20000 on comp.sys.amiga here on The
WELL.  Kinda mind boggling, in a way...

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