I learned Forth when I was 17, in 1980. It blew my mind. Before that, I knew WATFOR, UCSD Pascal, 6502 assembler, and 8008 assembler.
Forth's RPN and its low-level power made me feel as if I could do anything! :) -----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 7:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: FoxIT reader vulnerability On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 4:45 PM, Ben Scott <mailvor...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 6:29 PM, Matthew W. Ross > <mr...@ephrataschools.org> wrote: >> Doesn't Adobe (and possibly other PDF viewers) include PDF rendering >> with javascript now? >> >> I just want a "dumb" .pdf reader. Is it just me? > > The real irony here is that Adobe originally created PDF to be a > "safe" version of PostScript[1] -- basically disabling the > capabilities beyond what's needed to display static content on a page. > > Those who don't learn from history... > > -- Ben > > [1] PostScript can do all sorts of things, including file I/O. > Someone implemented a web server in PostScript. PostScript: A Forth generation language... Kurt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
