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From: u-jmolse%sunset.utah.edu@utah-gr.UUCP (John M. Olsen)
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Subject: Re: A Modest Proposal (IFF QuickDraw)
Summary: Yes, but...
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From: u-jmolse%sunset.utah.edu@utah-gr.UUCP (John M. Olsen)
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Subject: Re: A Modest Proposal (IFF QuickDraw)
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There are a couple of points that have not been mentioned as everyone has
been lining up on one side of the fence or the other with regard to the
usability of PostScript.

It is in fact a complete language, and you can write ANY program in PS if
you want to.  For example, it would be possible to write a ray tracer that
ran inside the printer and generated output directly.  If you have a PS
printer that accepts color commands (MUCH $$) and has better than 300 dpi
(MUCH MORE $$) then you could generate high quality images without the use
of a crt.

PostScript is a postfix language (hence, the name) so it is interpreted
instead of compiled, but I will leave the pros/cons of this alone for now.

The fact that PS is a fairly reasonable page layout language should not 
trick you into thinking that it is *only* a page layout language.  How many
times have you had to explain that the Amiga is not *just* a neat game
machine?

It is expensive, and it can be slow under some conditions (just like some
computers...) but it deserves a bit more attention than "Oh, yea.  I've
heard about PostScript."
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