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Date:	Sun, 18 Nov 2012 11:33:06 -0500
From:	Dave McGuire <mcguire AT neurotica DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: [geda-user] Thoughts on gschem UI
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On 11/18/2012 11:03 AM, Evan Foss wrote:
> I never understood why Guile became the plugin language when so many
> more people know C.

  It's elegant, simple, can be learned in about half an hour, and...most
importantly...it was the choice of the guy doing the work. ;)

  Also, one might find C to be an obstacle when writing scripts.  One
shouldn't (IMO) be required to re-link, or even restart, a program in
order to execute a script implementing some high-level behavior.

  C (as you know) is an extremely low-level language.  It certainly
makes sense, at least to me, that high-level behaviors would be
implemented in a high-level language.

  Note well that I am NOT poo-pooing C here; it's my primary language.

            -Dave

-- 
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA

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