PostScript. Programming language. Wtf?
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I may have, uh, written a 3d rendering package in PS.
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@nothings used to work at a company that did PostScript printers, and they wrote their PS interpreter in Forth, because they thought "hey, both stack-based, this is gonna be a great fit" Spoiler: it wasn't that great a fit2 replies 2 retweets 19 likes -
Replying to @johnregehr @rygorous and
PostScript is an awesome way to get arbitrary code execution on naive web sites: https://lamehackersguide.blogspot.com/2017/02/weaponizing-postscript.html …
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Related: NeXTStep (which I got to play with in my youth) blindly trusted PostScript in .eps files and executed it in the window server, so you could send people emails that would make their screen melt https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13703637 …
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