glenn@heaven.woodside.ca.us (Glenn Reid) (08/23/90)
[Disclaimer: I wrote this book and I am therefore slightly biased]
"Thinking in PostScript(R)"
Glenn C. Reid
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company
This book was written by the author of the Adobe Systems
"green" book, PostScript Language Program Design. The new
book, Thinking in PostScript, takes a fresh approach to
the PostScript Language. It is intended for audiences at
all levels, from the beginner to the most advanced, but
the target is probably the reader who is a very competent
C programmer but has not had much of a chance to work with
PostScript.
The book covers many areas that have not been written about
before, including in-depth treatment of fundamental
programming concepts like loops, conditionals, data structures,
and file I/O. For example, there is an entire chapter
devoted to the writing conditionals with the "ifelse" statement.
This book stems from five years of experience with PostScript
programming by the author, who has worked for both Adobe Systems
and NeXT, Inc. The author observed that there is plenty of
information available to help you do very specific things with
PostScript (like render a gray-scale image), but very little
information about the mechanics of getting your program to work.
There are Exercises at the end of each chapter to test your
skills, which also make the book an excellent choice for
teaching the PostScript language.
Available probably in October from Addison-Wesley or from
the book store near you.
"Thinking in PostScript"
Glenn C. Reid
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company
Route 128, Reading, MA, 01867
ISBN # 0-201-52372-8
--
Glenn Reid PostScript/NeXT consultant
glenn@heaven.woodside.ca.us Independent Software Developer
..{adobe,next}!heaven!glenn 415-851-1785henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) (08/23/90)
In article <251@heaven.woodside.ca.us> glenn@heaven.woodside.ca.us (Glenn C. Reid) writes: >"Thinking in PostScript(R)" But, but, but... you left out the most important bit of information: what color is it?!? :-) :-) :-) -- Committees do harm merely by existing. | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology -Freeman Dyson | henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry
woody@chinacat.Unicom.COM (Woody Baker @ Eagle Signal) (08/24/90)
In article <1990Aug23.155615.29394@zoo.toronto.edu>, henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes: > In article <251@heaven.woodside.ca.us> glenn@heaven.woodside.ca.us (Glenn C. Reid) writes: > >"Thinking in PostScript(R)" > > But, but, but... you left out the most important bit of information: > what color is it?!? :-) :-) :-) !#@$!@#$!@#$ you beat me to THE QUESTION ! 8=} I'll bet it is PURPLE. Cheers Woody
glenn@heaven.woodside.ca.us (Glenn Reid) (08/25/90)
In article <1990Aug23.155615.29394@zoo.toronto.edu> henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes: >In article <251@heaven.woodside.ca.us> glenn@heaven.woodside.ca.us (Glenn C. Reid) writes: >>"Thinking in PostScript(R)" > >But, but, but... you left out the most important bit of information: >what color is it?!? :-) :-) :-) Well, to tell you several truths at once, I don't know what color it is, and I have not seen the cover (in color), only photographs of it. The publisher designs the book cover, and, in fact, decides on the title of the book, for what it's worth. However, I can shed some light. I believe it is MANY colors. There are a whole bunch of letters spilling out of strange-looking boxes, which has less than nothing to do with the contents of the book. Apparently the letters are all different colors, the boxes and background different colors. There must be some dominant color, but who knows what it might be. Hopefully people will just call it "Thinking in PostScript," which is a tidy title. It is already getting confusing referring to the books by their colors, but it has been less confusing than referring to them by long-winded names like "PostScript Language Tutorial and Cookbook." I always wanted to get a copy of as many green books as I could find and put them all on the shelf with the Green Book somewhere in the middle of all of them. Like so many other things in life, I never got around to it. Anyway, we'll just have to wait and see. /Glenn -- Glenn Reid PostScript/NeXT consultant glenn@heaven.woodside.ca.us Independent Software Developer ..{adobe,next}!heaven!glenn 415-851-1785
jmm@eci386.uucp (John Macdonald) (08/28/90)
In article <254@heaven.woodside.ca.us> glenn@heaven.woodside.ca.us (Glenn Reid) writes: | |I always wanted to get a copy of as many green books as I could find |and put them all on the shelf with the Green Book somewhere in the |middle of all of them. Like so many other things in life, I never got |around to it. My wife used to work at a used book store. One of the unusual (and profitable) types of regular orders that they would receive came from the people who furnish model suites for house construction projects. They would order "3 yards of green" or similar shelf space x colour combinations. They don't expect anyone to read the books, but they want them to fit in with the room's decor! Because of the lack of intent to actually *read* the books, this is a gold mine for the book store ("Now what has been sitting on the shelves so long that we know we can't sell it any other way...?"). -- Algol 60 was an improvment on most | John Macdonald of its successors - C.A.R. Hoare | jmm@eci386