Fun with Adobe PostScript and NeXTStep

PostScript is a fascinating language that was one of the key elements of the desktop publishing revolution. Let's have a look at it using my HP 712 PA-RISC workstation and NeXTStep 3.3!
NeXTStep is the ideal OS for this endeavour because of its reliance on Display PostScript for rendering screen elements, and my modern printer works with it perfectly.
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[@admirerofclassicalelectron2858]

Very interesting video. I learned something I didn't know before. But I knew before Postscript is mighty.
And I like that it is based on reverse polish notation. So using it on an HP machine is somewhat appropriate, because of the HP calculator tradition.

[@Shiunbird]

I'm glad you enjoyed. I find PostScript absolutely fascinating and I wish I had more time to explore it and learn it properly.

[@gdtyra]

Really interesting, I love the unique retro content you put out. Despite the name I didnt expect Postscript was really a procedural script that could output dynamic results like this. I imagined it was something more like SVG or HTML that defined the output in a declarative way

[@Shiunbird]

No way. In the context of the era, you couldn´t have your 5/8 MHz workstation preoccupied with nonsense such as driving output like that - you just prepare the content and leave the interpretation to the expensive, powerful, output device. I think postscript is turing complete.