[gclist] More questions for the FAQ

Nick Barnes nickb@harlequin.co.uk
Fri, 22 Mar 1996 10:25:44 +0000


> One of Henry's favorite examples is PostScript.  (Level II only, or
> Level I, too?  I'm not sure.)  It's nice for people to know they
> often use GC whether they're told about it or not.

Level 2 only, although Level 1 implementations are free to provide
it. Almost all PostScript jobs (even very large ones) do not require
GC, as the save/restore mechanism present in Level 1 is sufficient.

"Images" (i.e. bitmaps, &c) are not defined to live in "Virtual
Memory" (i.e. the PostScript heap).

Nick Barnes, speaking for himself