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Re: Xpost now has jpeg device

Newsgroups comp.lang.postscript
Date 2016-06-20 03:20 -0700
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Subject Re: Xpost now has jpeg device
From Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com>

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On Monday, June 20, 2016 at 8:43:05 PM UTC+12, Markus Triska wrote:
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> Lawrence D’Oliveiro writes:
> 
>> PostScript is really an obsolete technology at this stage.
> 
> PostScript is still a good improvement over most of its successors in my
> view. SVG is a only a very poor substitute in many ways.

PostScript is far too complicated--nobody wants a programming language in their graphics API nowadays. That’s why Adobe invented PDF.

>> Yes, I can see why you would want PostScript-to-SVG conversion...
> 
> I'm glad you understand this. I will indeed never write SVG by hand!

I have written it by hand.

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Xpost now has jpeg device luser- -droog <mijoryx@yahoo.com> - 2016-06-16 21:00 -0700
  Re: Xpost now has jpeg device Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-06-17 00:30 -0700
    Re: Xpost now has jpeg device luser- -droog <mijoryx@yahoo.com> - 2016-06-17 09:51 -0700
  Re: Xpost now has jpeg device Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2016-06-17 17:46 +0000
  Re: Xpost now has jpeg device Markus Triska <triska@metalevel.at> - 2016-06-18 10:21 +0200
    Re: Xpost now has jpeg device Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-06-18 02:21 -0700
      Re: Xpost now has jpeg device Markus Triska <triska@metalevel.at> - 2016-06-20 01:49 +0200
        Re: Xpost now has jpeg device Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-06-19 20:19 -0700
          Re: Xpost now has jpeg device Markus Triska <triska@metalevel.at> - 2016-06-20 10:43 +0200
            Re: Xpost now has jpeg device Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-06-20 03:20 -0700
              Re: Xpost now has jpeg device Markus Triska <triska@metalevel.at> - 2016-06-20 20:49 +0200
                Re: Xpost now has jpeg device Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-06-21 01:40 -0700
                Re: Xpost now has jpeg device ken <ken@spamcop.net> - 2016-06-21 10:15 +0100
    Re: Xpost now has jpeg device luser- -droog <mijoryx@yahoo.com> - 2016-06-21 21:09 -0700

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