PostScript

Summary

PostScript is a programming language^[1]. PostScript has Wikipedia articles in 42 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• PostScript was influenced by Forth^[3].
• PostScript was influenced by Interpress^[4].
• PostScript was influenced by Lisp^[5].
• PostScript's instance of is recorded as programming language^[6].
• PostScript's instance of is recorded as interpreted language^[7].
• PostScript's instance of is recorded as stack-oriented programming language^[8].
• PostScript's instance of is recorded as multi-paradigm programming language^[9].
• PostScript's instance of is recorded as procedural programming^[10].
• PostScript's instance of is recorded as file format^[11].
• PostScript's developer is recorded as Adobe^[12].
• PostScript's designed by is recorded as John Warnock^[13].
• PostScript's software version identifier is recorded as PostScript 3 (1997)^[14].
• PostScript's Commons category is recorded as PostScript^[15].
• +1982-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of PostScript^[16].
• PostScript's topic's main category is recorded as Category:PostScript^[17].
• PostScript's described at URL is recorded as http://paulbourke.net/dataformats/postscript/^[18].
• PostScript's described at URL is recorded as https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/en/devnet/actionscript/articles/psrefman.pdf^[19].
• PostScript's described at URL is recorded as https://www.adobe.com/jp/print/postscript/pdfs/PLRM.pdf^[20].
• PostScript's media type is recorded as application/postscript^[21].
• PostScript's file extension is recorded as ps^[22].
• PostScript's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/postscript^[23].
• PostScript's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://tex.stackexchange.com/tags/postscript^[24].
• PostScript's used by is recorded as PostScript font^[25].
• PostScript's native label is recorded as PostScript^[26].
• PostScript's programming paradigm is recorded as stack-oriented programming^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include programming language^[6], interpreted language^[7], stack-oriented programming language^[8], multi-paradigm programming language^[9], procedural programming^[10], and file format^[11].

Origins

+1982-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of PostScript^[16].

Use and Application

PostScript's used by is recorded as PostScript font^[25].

Movements and Schools

Acknowledged influences include Forth^[3], a programming language^[28], founded in 1970^[29]; Interpress^[4], a page description language^[30]; and Lisp^[5], a multi-paradigm programming language^[31], founded in 1958^[32].

Why It Matters

PostScript has Wikipedia articles in 42 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]