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Date: | Thu, 10 Apr 2014 21:29:30 -0400 |
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Subject: | Re: [geda-user] Freerouting finally free (GPL3) |
From: | Evan Foss <evanfoss AT gmail DOT com> |
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I think the thing of value here is the algorithms not the code. Would it not be better if someone translated it into C? On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 5:14 PM, Dave McGuire <mcguire AT neurotica DOT com> wrote: > On Apr 10, 2014, at 3:34 PM, al davis <ad252 AT freeelectron DOT net> wrote: >>> On Apr 9, 2014, at 10:26 PM, al davis <ad252 AT freeelectron DOT net> >>>> We need to make our stuff useful to everyone. Not just >>>> advanced programmers. Lots of pro PC designers can't >>>> program at all, and have no idea how circuits work. >>> >> On Thursday 10 April 2014, Dave McGuire wrote: >>> Respectfully, I must disagree. I believe anyone who is >>> using electronic design tools should be capable of >>> downloading a file and following a four-or-so-line >>> installation procedure. >> >> If it really is a four-line procedure, not a problem. The issue >> is when it becomes unnecessarily complex or doesn't work as it >> should. Unfortunately this situation is quite common. > > Not while installing the Sun JVM it isn't. Been there, done that, dozens of times on several OS and hardware platforms. No muss, no fuss. > >> So have you installed and tested freerouting yet? > > Me?? No. I route my boards by hand. I mean, I'd be willing to try it, but in the best case I'd wind up with fully-routed but ugly boards. > > -Dave > > -- > Dave McGuire, AK4HZ > New Kensington, PA -- Home http://evanfoss.googlepages.com/ Work http://forge.abcd.harvard.edu/gf/project/epl_engineering/wiki/
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