Sujet : Re: Why Python When There Is Perl?
De : ldo (at) *nospam* nz.invalid (Lawrence D'Oliveiro)
Groupes : comp.os.linux.advocacyDate : 23. Mar 2024, 05:01:57
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On 23 Mar 2024 02:49:33 GMT, rbowman wrote:
On Fri, 22 Mar 2024 23:29:45 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
While both Forth and PostScript belong in a museum now, at least
PostScript had some interesting language ideas that could be revived.
Shades of Don Lancaster.
https://www.tinaja.com/pssamp1.shtml
I didn't realize he died last year. He did love PostScript.
“Enameled” ... heh.
Cairo is a more modern 2D graphics engine, going beyond the
limitations of PostScript. Couple that with a more advanced language
like Python, and you can do some neat stuff. I have some examples,
with links to code, here
<
https://www.deviantart.com/default-cube/gallery/53606552/qahirah-examples>.