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PDF is not a Turing-complete, but Postscript is. PDF removed several features which made Postscript a programming language.
by xioxox 10y ago
PDF is not a Turing-complete, but Postscript is. PDF removed several features which made Postscript a programming language.
- pavlov 10y agoThat was a great approach IMO. First build a flexible toolset that allowed the market explore the problem space, then, a decade later, collect the learnings into a new, narrower standard. If SVG 2 were like that, it probably would have got a warmer reception from browser vendors. But standards committees creating declarative formats have never been very interested in removing features.
- tonyedgecombe 10y agoI'm not sure I would call PDF a narrower standard, one of the problems with it is Adobe couldn't stop themselves adding new features.