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From: Roland Lutz <rlutz AT hedmen DOT org>
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On Wed, 2 Sep 2020, John Doty wrote:
> I favor Lepton [because] it’s agnostic about which layout program you 
> use: it has no favored layout component. […]
> The layout people I work with all have different favorite tools, so
> decoupling schematic entry and layout is very important to me.

This is absolutely the same for gEDA/gaf.

> I found [Xorn-based gEDA] incomprehensible.

Xorn is an internal component; you don't have to understand or even 
consciously interact with it in any way.  (But even if you did, it's not 
more complicated than the Scheme API.)

> Guile is much easier to understand.

You confuse being used to with understanding.  I absolutely believe you 
that it's easier for you to work with Guile, as it's the thing you have 
been working with for a long time.  Most people today, though, would find 
working with Python easier--or any other modern language, for that matter.

I mean, just show this Scheme code

   https://github.com/rlutz/geda-gaf/blob/master/gnetlist-legacy/scheme/gnet-osmond.scm

and this equivalent Python code

   https://github.com/rlutz/geda-gaf/blob/master/xorn/src/backend/gnet_osmond.py

to any younger tech person and ask them to figure out what's going on.

Roland

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