Mail Archives: geda-user/2015/02/05/13:56:33
On Feb 5, 2015, at 11:35 AM, Dave McGuire <mcguire AT neurotica DOT com> wrote:
> On 02/05/2015 01:26 PM, mskala AT ansuz DOT sooke DOT bc DOT ca wrote:
>>> Lua is primarily (and almost exclusively) used in games and toys.
>>> That has a few implications of its own.
>>
>> Scheme is primarily not used at all. Is that better?
>
> I think DJ made my point for me on this one. Lisp being at the core
> of emacs, AutoCAD, and at least one large commercial EDA package that
> was mentioned in this thread, I think the argument for obscurity is a
> crock of BS.
>
Except that I know many more people who are comfortable in Python than are comfortable in any dialect of Lisp (although there’s a Clojure programmer in my kitchen at the moment). And while there is some familiarity with Lisp in the EDA community, a bit of review of the gnetlist back ends would suggest there is not a great deal of Lisp mastery in the gEDA community.
> However, even if it were "primarily not used at all", if I were in a
> position to defend the use of gEDA vs. some commercial product, yes, it
> would in fact be better. "Lua? Isn't that for childrens' toys? See, I
> told you that free stuff wasn't for real work."
>
> It's pretty clear that you simply don't like Scheme. That's fine,
> just keep it out of this thread.
Well, speaking for myself, I like Scheme. I also like Japanese. I would not recommend either as a lingua franca.
>
> -Dave
>
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>
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