On Wed, 11 Oct 2017 18:41:38 -0400 "James K. Lowden" <jklow...@schemamania.org> wrote:
> On Sat, 07 Oct 2017 15:17:25 +0200 (CEST) > Werner LEMBERG <w...@gnu.org> wrote: > > > Another important issue is security. PS, as a programming language, > > allows far too much things. > > But PS, as a programming language, is under programmer control. To > treat it as though it accepts input from untrusted anonymous sources > over the Internet is to unnecessarily bind the programmer's hands. > One of its *strengths* is that it enables the programmer to do things > its authors did not foresee. > > The same person who uses PS normally uses a shell. How is access to > the shell from within PS any more of a security hazard than access > from without? > > --jkl > Personally, I expect to frequently accept and view documents from otherwise untrusted, anonymous sources on the Internet. I also expect to distribute documents to others, as an anonymous untrusted source myself, across the Internet. I wouldn't argue against Postscript having many uses/benefits/strengths, but the suggestion that it can fill all of the roles that PDF is used for seems unfounded. --Mike
