On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 04:59:49PM -0600, Nelson H. F. Beebe wrote: > >> ... > >> 'Successor' is not quite the right description, IMO. The key point is > >> that PDF (which, to be sure, was developed later) is bidirectionally > >> equivalent and semantically identical to PostScript. You can convert a > >> .ps file to .pdf one and back, and not lose any substantive content in > >> either direction. The primary physical difference is that the PDF > >> version will be stored compressed, while the PS version will not. > >> ... >
[cut] > > In summary, yes, the transformations PDF-to-PostScript and > PostScript-to-PDF are possible, but while the end results may be > similar, they are by no means identical. > > For more on PostScript and PDF, see the extensive bibliography at > > http://www.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/bib/postscri.bib > > [change .bib to .html for a similar Web view, but with live > hyperlinks]. > Great piece on PS and PDF Nelson, indeed. I have loved ps for years, but my biggest frustration was not being able of finding a way to implement a 2D random walk in postscript that would show a different trajectory every time you open it :D (the only problem there is the seed). You can hack around with a sed script, but that spoils 99% of the fun... Maybe you have a pointer for that? HND KatolaZ -- [ ~.,_ Enzo Nicosia aka KatolaZ - Devuan -- Freaknet Medialab ] [ "+. katolaz [at] freaknet.org --- katolaz [at] yahoo.it ] [ @) http://kalos.mine.nu --- Devuan GNU + Linux User ] [ @@) http://maths.qmul.ac.uk/~vnicosia -- GPG: 0B5F062F ] [ (@@@) Twitter: @KatolaZ - skype: katolaz -- github: KatolaZ ]
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