Re: hpgl code and plotters was What does open mean?

Chris,

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Ballendo

> Chris L wrote:
>I'm still tryin' to figure out the "speech writer" thing............
> Do you find me a bit wordy ?

You said I could write your opinions for you...

>I am also confused on the "genetics".... ( I must be off whack
>tonight)

In many ways, the commands of IX seem to "derive" from hpgl...

>The "standard" of 1016 made files real hard to understand.

Worse was that some called 1021 std...

>Luberth.... I have not been there in a while. He at one time was
>pushing his porn site.... (or someone forced it on him via

hijacking) is that still there ??

I have great respect for what Luberth has done, and is trying to do.
I did not know of any "porn" issues... and frankly, I think this
should have been kept off-list. If it was you, AND it WAS a hi-
jacking, would you want it casually "tossed-out" among 1900 guys...
(uk pun intended)

>It might be interesting to see if their work includes 3d application
>to hpgl code.

It does. In basic. In pascal. In C. In C++. Also gcode stuff...

>I would like to know how hpgl was able to make such a stronghold in
>the engraver/vinyl cutter market. G-code is so much better of an
>option.

Look to the tools (like corelDRAW!) used to create the code to drive
the machines. AND, my personal rant here, hpgl is MUCH MORE
STANDARDISED than Gcode; making it NOT such a "better" language for
this tight market, who won't put up with this silly gcode "flavor"
stuff, IMO. (tho they have their own pecadillos)