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On Dec 29, 2015, at 9:57 PM, Evan Foss (evanfoss AT gmail DOT com) [via =
geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

>>=20
>> I assume that they have the best of intentions. I am concerned that =
many who want change seem to have a poor understanding of what already =
exists. Certainly if you haven=92t mastered Scheme, you have no business =
changing the existing geda-gaf core. But new tools are welcome.
>=20
> That is a nice arbitrary road block you are throwing up there. I don't
> know we have more than 3 people right now who could be said to be
> truly proficient in scheme. Given how endangered Scheme programmers
> are in the wild I think you are dooming the code to bitrot.

Perhaps in the long run I am, but Vladimir seems quite proficient and =
eager, so I=92m not worried for the present (and I can muddle my way =
through, too). For the future, we have other possibilities like Xorn.

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
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