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PostScript

Programming language

Name	PostScript
Paradigm	multi-paradigm: stack-based, procedural
Appeared in	1982
Designed by	John Warnock & Chuck Geschke
Software developer	Adobe Systems
Stable release	PostScript 3 (1997)
Typing discipline	dynamic, strong
Major implementations	Adobe PostScript, TrueImage, Ghostscript, InterPress
Influenced by	Lisp
Influenced	PDF

PostScript


Name	PostScript
Extension	.ps
Mime	application/postscript
Uniform Type	com.adobe.postscript
Magic	`%!`
Owner	Adobe Systems
Genre	printing file format
Extended To	Encapsulated PostScript

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PostScript (PS) is a dynamically typed concatenative programming language created by John Warnock and Charles Geschke in 1982. PostScript is best known for its use as a page description language in the electronic and desktop publishing areas. Adobe PostScript 3 is also the worldwide printing and imaging standard. Used by print service providers, publishers, corporations, and government agencies around the globe, Adobe PostScript enables reliable printing of visually rich documents.

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