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It's not PostScript instead of JavaScript. It's PostScript instead of HTML, JavaScript and CSS. That's (IMHO) the more important point. One programming language

by mhd 7y ago

It's not PostScript instead of JavaScript. It's PostScript instead of HTML, JavaScript and CSS. That's (IMHO) the more important point. One programming language to write and structure everything instead of a bastardized SGML plus a bastardized Java plus an ad-hoc config add-on. I'd much rather have (a slightly saner) JS for everything than PostScript plus HTML plus CSS, if I would have to choose.

ptx 7y ago
Netscape 4 actually had JavaScript-based stylesheets, before everyone settled on the CSS standard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript_Style_Sheets https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript_Style_Sheets
- mhd 7y ago
  Neat, I wasn't aware of that. Ah, the things that could've been.