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From: paolucci@snll-arpagw.UUCP
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Subject: Re: A Modest Proposal (IFF QuickDraw)
Keywords: PostScript
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Date: 19 May 88 03:35:25 GMT
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From: paolucci@snll-arpagw.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: A Modest Proposal (IFF QuickDraw)
Keywords: PostScript
Message-ID: <164@snll-arpagw.UUCP>
Date: 19 May 88 03:35:25 GMT
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Reply-To: paolucci@snll-arpagw.UUCP (Sam Paolucci)
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In article <2542@utah-gr.UUCP> u-jmolse%sunset.utah.edu.UUCP@utah-gr.UUCP (John M. Olsen) writes:
>
>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.

As a matter of fact, somebody just posted a ray tracing program in
PostScript that does exactly that.

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