[KLUG Members] pdf v document attachments

[Chris Hansen]

Well.. kinda.. not exactly though.. postscript is scriptable code that 
can create the document on the fly and/or can be  pre-rendered embedded 
raster image data (such as the case with EPS files).  I can cat a 
postscript file to a compliant printer and the printer will interpret 
the code, do a little dance, make a little love, and get down tonight.  
Whereas a PDF is more like an EPS with special PDF-specific extras 
(which yeah, ok, are kinda scriptable too) but also allows hyperlinking, 
protections, fonts, and various other stuff I don't understand.

On a side note, it was just a lame joke anyhow, I'm not planning on 
going out and writing bastardized RFCs, W3C recommendations and such.. 
(I'm not Microsoft)

Adam Tauno Williams wrote:

>>Also, I kind of agree with you, PDF isn't really a great format, but it 
>>does what it's suppose to do.  
>>I say we all go postscript.. postscript everything.. lets replace html 
>>with it while we're at it too.. at least in e-mail...
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> ?  A PDF is postscript.
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