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Re: What language was the "original" Postscript interpreter written in?

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On 11/16/2012 5:03 PM, luser.droog wrote:
> I know Helmar was implementing array-"operators" very early in his
> interpreter so that as much as possible could be built on top of a simpler
> core. And ghostscript's docs express a an interest in replacing c-level
> operators with higher-level ps equivalents in a similar drive towards
> portability.
>
> What is the subset of Postscript necessary to implement the rest of
> Postscript using it? And what did Adobe use to create this core? M68000
> Assembly? Or did they use C? or some weird custom Alto tool?
>
>


PostScript was largely based on the concepts of Forth.

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What language was the "original" Postscript interpreter written in? "luser.droog" <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2012-11-16 18:03 -0600
  Re: What language was the "original" Postscript interpreter written in? Don Lancaster <don@tinaja.com> - 2012-11-17 08:48 -0700
    Re: What language was the "original" Postscript interpreter written in? "luser.droog" <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2012-11-19 00:56 -0600
      Re: What language was the "original" Postscript interpreter written in? luser- -droog <mijoryx@yahoo.com> - 2013-07-19 23:34 -0700

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