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My brain involuntarily assembled these letters into PTSD. If there is a single programming language that rewired my the brain, it's PostScript. I used that a b
by stared 2y ago
My brain involuntarily assembled these letters into PTSD.
If there is a single programming language that rewired my the brain, it's PostScript. I used that a bit two decades ago when I wanted to programmatically generate a variant of Fresnel zone plates.
- andrewstuart 2y agoMe too. The project should be called PSPTSDHTTPD
- bruce343434 2y agoIs it really that bad, or is it just different from the typical OOP? At a glance to me it looks like any old stack oriented language... Why does Forth get hailed as an experience of spiritual enlightenment, yet PS always gets dunked on?
- WCSTombs 2y agoThe language is quite elegant and has some really good concepts, but it lacks many of the things that make programming an enjoyable activity for serious work in the modern day. While the language is incredibly dynamic, it works like a low-level language for everything but displaying 2D vector graphics (where it is actually good). If you want to concatenate two strings, you'll have to implement that function. IMHO, the real problem with PostScript is that the language has not evolved at all for like 25 years. That's a lot of time during which it could have transformed into something truly spectacular.
- BoredPositron 2y agoSame for me when I was working at some preprint software in the 90s. shudder
- jasonjayr 2y agoCareful, you'll summon a lot of cats...
- tmjwid 2y agoSame here, I think it's a sign...
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- ASalazarMX 2y ago"PostScript" could be a synonym of "Cursed". Few things evoke dread like executable printer files.