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PDFs are essentially compressed Postscript, which is Turing complete, so a PDF in theory can do anything you want.
by queuebert 2y ago
PDFs are essentially compressed Postscript, which is Turing complete, so a PDF in theory can do anything you want.
- tonyedgecombe 2y agoThe big distinction between PostScript and PDF was the removal of the language operators[1]. Adobe Distiller unrolled the PostScript language to create a file without the code. [1] A small part remained for defining calculations as well as support for PostScript fonts.