On 2024-07-14 12:33 +0000, Leonard Rosenthol wrote: > Ludolf that is *INCORRECT*. PDF and Postscript only share a very > common heritage and some similar core data structures (such as > dictionaries and arrays) – but beyond that, they are VERY VERY > DIFFERENT including the fact that PDF is *NOT* a programming > language.
o.k., I stand corrected. Let's agree PDF is a page description, not a container file format for raster graphics as it is the case for e.g. TIFF. > It is unfortunate, that even after 30 years(!), this misconception remains > out there. In my defense, this misunderstanding is due to the fact that you can convert a PDF to PostScript and back without any significant loss. Admittedly, not all PDF elements can be represented in /standard/ PostScript. But there are also no general pointers in /standard/ Pascal... ;-) Ludolf -- Ludolf Holzheid [ˈluː.dɔlf ˈhɔlt͡s.haɪ̯d] Heinrichstraße 6 [ˈhaɪ̯n.ʁɪçˌʃtʁaː.sə 6] 68642 Bürstadt [68642 ˈbyːɐ̯.ʃtat] _______________________________________________ Tiff mailing list Tiff@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/tiff
