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From: Kurt H Maier <khm@sciops.net>
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On Tue, Sep 27, 2022 at 10:56:50PM +1300, umbraticus@prosimetrum.com wrote:
> > https://git.sr.ht/~raingloom/postscript-sketches
> 
> Thanks for the pointers. Fun stuff; here's a quick one:
> 
> http://runjimmyrunrunyoufuckerrun.com/demo/pspjw
> 
> Make sure to sysupdate first to get the latest togif fix (thanks sigrid!)
> or just feast your eyes on the result:
> http://runjimmyrunrunyoufuckerrun.com/demo/pspjw.gif
> 
> I know there is an ongoing effort to get a native pdf renderer going
> but ps seems quite entwined in the system and kinda enjoyable in
> its own right, so I wonder whether that will indeed put an end to
> our crusty old gs...
> 
> umbraticus

If I had Infrastructure Money, an API-compatible ghostscript replacement
would be a boon to the whole world.  Shame the folks who haunt bug
trackers demanding things be rewritten in their language du jour are
focused on overthrowing the tyranny of ls(1) than doing something
genuinely productive.

khm