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On Fri, 2015-07-03 at 08:32 -0700, Ouabache Designworks
(z3qmtr45 AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> You also have the big issues like the choice of scheme as gEDAs
> scripting
> language and the gEDA file formats. Is there anything to gain by
> changing
> and if so then what would be better and how do we transition?

I know that some people really like scheme. And I do admit that lisp
like languages are very powerful and interesting. But they are not very
popular by average people.

I see the main problem in mixing C and scheme, which makes thinks more
complicated. Maybe that mixing was not a bad decision 30 years ago, but
today I would prefer only one single language for all. (Python or Ruby
seems to be not bad and fast enough, but my impression is that Nim or
Crystal are even better choices today.)

For File Format: I was thinking about using JSON or YAML beside the
gschem format. The effort for that should be very low, but currently I
see no big benefit. XML may be an other alternative.