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From: eric@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Eric Fielding)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Parametric Function
Message-ID: <7453@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Date: 23 Feb 89 01:34:09 GMT
Reply-To: fielding@geology.tn.cornell.edu
Organization: Department of Geological Sciences, Cornell University
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In a recent article decouty@irisa.UUCP (Bertrand Decouty) wrote:
>What a surprise when printing this file: It seems that the max segments
>number, on a LW II NT, is less than the 1500 announced in the Red Book
>for a LaserWriter!

I think that our LaserWriter has a limit of 500. The parametric function 
worked with the inner loop changed to 499 (and the outer loop changed to 99 
also). It did not work with 1499. I think that someone here found the limit
by trial and error.

>What's the point? How can anybody know these implementation limits (they are

>    ----- Bertrand DECOUTY @ INRIA-IRISA (Centre de Rennes) -----