Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 14:16:28 +0000
From: "James K. Lowden" <jklowden@speakeasy.net>
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Subject: Re: On Stack-Based Languages (was Re: on Perl)
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On Thu, 18 Apr 2024 08:44:44 -0000 (UTC)
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

> The PostScript graphics model has long been superseded by worthy 
> successors, like Cairo. 

Yes and no.  I believe Keith Packard describes Cairo as PostScript
without the syntax: it shares the same page-display model, but is
presented as a set of C functions instead of a language.  

--jkl