On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 12:17:51PM -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > Ken Irving wrote: > > [snip] > > [Ken, quoting Wikipedia] > > > PDF is a file format instead of a programming language and for that > > reason it doesn't need to be interpreted. For instance, flow control > > commands like if and loop are removed, while graphics commands such > > as lineto remain. > > I dunno who wrote this, but I object to the wording "it doesn't need > to be interpreted". It certainly does need to be interpreted. Any time > something gets changed from internal to external representation, some > form of interpretation is being done.
Maybe it is time to visit Wikipedia.org and click the edit button. -- Chris. ====== " ... the official version cannot be abandoned because the implication of rejecting it is far too disturbing: that we are subject to a government conspiracy of `X-Files' proportions and insidiousness." Letter to the LA Times Magazine, September 18, 2005. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
