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On Nov 18, 2012, at 9:35 AM, Dave McGuire wrote:

>  That said, I CAN write in Scheme, and I use gschem and PCB nearly
> every day, and I've never found it necessary to write a Scheme script.

It's like having a 4x4 and never having to use the four wheel drive because you never go off-road. That's OK, but it doesn't mean others don't go off-road. And I must not be the only one, because I didn't write all those gnetlist back ends, just a few of them. There are also a few useful gschem scripts around. Perhaps Peter Brett's good work will encourage more.

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
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