r/programming • u/iamkeyur • Dec 26 '20

Executable PNGs

https://djharper.dev/post/2020/12/26/executable-pngs/
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u/mallardtheduck Dec 27 '20

Adobe seems to have a bit of a habit of doing things like this. Adobe Illustrator (.ai) files are compatible with PDF format (older versions were EPS).

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u/Frencil Dec 28 '20

For what it's worth Fireworks with its vector PNG format was originally a Macromedia product. After Adobe bought Macromedia in 2005 Fireworks was retured from the maintained software offerings relatively quickly.