Hackernews posts about PostScript

PostScript is a programming language and page description language developed by Adobe Systems that was widely used for printing documents and images from computers to printers in the 1980s and 1990s.

1. The Origins of PostScript [pdf] (gwern.net)
   3 points by fanf2 26 days ago | discuss
2. PostScript’s sudden death in Sonoma (eclecticlight.co)
   269 points by homarp about 1 year ago | 151 comments
3. PSChess – A chess engine in PostScript (seriot.ch)
   203 points by beefburger 8 months ago | 23 comments
4. A Brainfuck interpreter written in PostScript (github.com)
   117 points by romac 12 months ago | 55 comments
5. PostScript: A Digital Printing Press (computerhistory.org)
   102 points by linguae almost 2 years ago | 29 comments
6. How PostScript kickstarted desktop publishing (spectrum.ieee.org)
   79 points by mfiguiere almost 2 years ago | 35 comments
7. Learn PostScript by Doing (2005) [pdf] (staff.science.uva.nl)
   71 points by todsacerdoti about 1 year ago | 18 comments
8. PS-HTTPD: A web server written in PostScript (2010) (www.pugo.org)
   64 points by todsacerdoti 4 months ago | 17 comments
9. PostScript 1.0 – A Code Study (ztoz.blog)
   64 points by todsacerdoti about 2 months ago | 10 comments
10. PostScript Cartridge for HP LaserJet (www.pagetable.com)
    55 points by ingve almost 2 years ago | 9 comments
11. PostScript and Interpress: A Comparison (1985) (www.mostlycolor.ch)
    20 points by com 5 months ago | 7 comments
12. PostScript’s sudden death in macOS Sonoma (eclecticlight.co)
    7 points by ingve about 1 year ago | discuss
13. PS-HTTPD: a web server written in PostScript (www.pugo.org)
    6 points by fanf2 over 1 year ago | discuss
14. The Origins of PostScript [pdf] (gwern.net)
    5 points by fanf2 about 2 months ago | discuss
15. Adobe and Microsoft break some old files by removing PostScript font support (arstechnica.com)
    4 points by RecycledEle over 1 year ago | 1 comments
16. Adobe PostScript source now available (info.computerhistory.org)
    4 points by azinman2 almost 2 years ago | discuss
17. Computer History Museum Makes Adobe PostScript’s Source Code Available (www.globenewswire.com)
    3 points by DonHopkins almost 2 years ago | 1 comments
18. The Origins of PostScript [pdf] (gwern.net)
    3 points by PaulHoule about 1 month ago | discuss
19. PS-HTTP: a web server written in PostScript (www.pugo.org)
    3 points by fanf2 5 months ago | discuss
20. Show HN: Having Fun with PostScript Files (github.com)
    3 points by coisasdavida 7 months ago | discuss
21. PS-Httpd – The PostScript Web Server (www.pugo.org)
    3 points by nallerooth 8 months ago | discuss
22. Adobe PostScript: The Language of Business (1991) [video] (www.youtube.com)
    3 points by fortran77 over 1 year ago | discuss
23. Adobe and Microsoft break some old files by removing PostScript font support (arstechnica.com)
    3 points by rbanffy over 1 year ago | discuss
24. A Web Server in PostScript (www.pugo.org)
    3 points by somat over 1 year ago | discuss
25. After 40 Years, Adobe Releases PostScript Source v0.10 for Posterity (hackaday.com)
    3 points by ngcc_hk almost 2 years ago | discuss
26. A Dossier of the PostScript language (syntax, list of operators, manpages, etc.) (github.com)
    2 points by Chubak-PDP11 7 months ago | 1 comments
27. Wasm2ps: Compile a small subset of WebAssembly to PostScript. (using wasm2wat) (github.com)
    2 points by fanf2 6 months ago | discuss
28. PSChess – A Chess Engine in PostScript (seriot.ch)
    2 points by thunderbong 8 months ago | discuss
29. PostScript Fractals (www.pvv.ntnu.no)
    2 points by nanna about 1 year ago | discuss
30. How to Prepare for the End of PostScript Type 1 Fonts [Jan 2023] (www.extensis.com)
    2 points by erickhill over 1 year ago | discuss
31. After 40 years, Adobe releases PostScript source v0.10 for posterity (hackaday.com)
    2 points by redbell almost 2 years ago | discuss