1000 GUI toolkits

[Samuel A. Falvo II]

In article <38BECF1A.D6E247F7 at magellan.umontreal.ca>, Stefan Seefeld wrote:
>Well, PostScript is a programming language which degenerated to a file format.
>It was used heavily in the NeWS windowing system. I can easily imagine PDF to
>do the same.

This is true.  I have a question though -- why is PDF being used for the
display subsystem, and not Postscript?  The rationale for the decision seems
unclear to me.

Perhaps if I knew more about the decisions behind the change, I'd get a
larger grasp of the big picture, and could change my opinions. :)

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Samuel A. Falvo II
Oceanside, CA