Interpress(ID:1403/int023)

Xerox. Interpretive stack-based graphics language, possibly the first page description language, predating PostScript. Both are descendants of JaM. Used on Xerox printers.

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JaM => Interpress   Evolution of
References:
  • PostScript Language reference Manual, Adobe Systems, A-W 1985. view details
  • "Interpress, The Source Book", Steven Harrington et al, P-H 1988. view details
  • Marovac, N. "Document description language INTERPRESS" Rapport technique de l'INRIA-Rennes RT-0120 - Juillet 1990 view details
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    • Systems designed by Butler Lampson
      Interpress (1980-82): With Bob Sproull, I designed this standard for describing a document to be electronically printed. It includes a programming language with careful control of side-effects, so that portions of several Interpress documents can be easily assembled into another document. It is implemented in the Xerox computer printer product line, and was a major influence on Adobe's Postscript language [Interpress Electronic Printing Standard, version 3.0, XNSS 048601, Xerox Corporation, Jan. 1986].external link