PostScript

PostScript
PostScript 3 logo
ParadigmMulti-paradigm: concatenative (stack-based), procedural
Designed byJohn Warnock, Chuck Geschke, Doug Brotz, Ed Taft, Bill Paxton
DeveloperAdobe Systems
First appeared1982 (1982)
Stable release
PostScript 3 / 1997 (1997)
Typing disciplineDynamic, weak
Major implementations
Adobe PostScript, TrueImage, Ghostscript
Influenced by
Mesa,[1] Interpress, Lisp
Influenced
PDF
PostScript (file format)
Filename extension
.ps
Internet media type
application/postscript
Uniform Type Identifier (UTI)com.adobe.postscript
Magic number%!
Developed byAdobe Systems
Type of formatprinting file format
Extended toEncapsulated PostScript

PostScript (PS) is a page description language and dynamically typed, stack-based programming language. It is most commonly used in the electronic publishing and desktop publishing realm, but as a Turing complete programming language, it can be used for many other purposes as well. PostScript was created at Adobe Systems by John Warnock, Charles Geschke, Doug Brotz, Ed Taft and Bill Paxton from 1982 to 1984. The most recent version, PostScript 3, was released in 1997.

  1. ^ Perry, T.S. (May 1988). "'PostScript' prints anything: a case history". IEEE Spectrum. 25 (5): 42–46. doi:10.1109/6.4550. S2CID 33376390.

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