Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!dtgcube!ed From: ed@DTG.COM (Edward Jung) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: Compiled PostScript Message-ID: <1990Jan10.070451.403@uunet!dtgcube> Date: 10 Jan 90 07:04:51 GMT References: <1666@intercon.com> <1683@intercon.com> <17581@rpp386.cactus.org> <1690@intercon.com> Sender: ed@uunet!dtgcube (Edward Jung) Reply-To: ed@DTG.COM (Edward Jung) Organization: The Deep Thought Group, L.P. Lines: 17 In-Reply-To: gaynor@busboys.rutgers.edu (Silver) Display Postscript has a garbage collection memory manager and multiple threads of control. Deliberate discards, undef, shared VM and other features add to the usefulness of the new memory management model. Multiple execution contexts are also supported by locks and conditions. Multiple storage devices, named files, and file positioning control are also available. In short, DPS adds many features that make it a more useful language for general-purpose programming. Note, however, that it is still designed as a rather niche-specific language, and should be treated as such. -- Edward Jung The Deep Thought Group, L.P. BIX: ejung 3400 Swede Hill Road NeXT or UNIX mail Clinton, WA. 98236 UUCP: uunet!dtgcube!ed Internet: ed@dtg.com