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On Jun 30, 2014, at 7:06 AM, Peter Clifton <pcjc2 AT cam DOT ac DOT uk> wrote:

> We just
> don't have the resources to produce a huge vetted library like the big
> commercial tool vendors do.

And, having used the $30k/seat/year stuff, I have to say that it wasn’t any better. Lacking firm standards for pin numbering, the problem cannot be solved in the general case.

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
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