X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-user-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Original-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=kyKuD4lTkWHpWylrlIzPxerxCiRfaNPGzOIzwivJu+I=; b=GZPwEaUh0mrliR8uUK3CSbBZ1BCrhksePF9TFZPOwyM/oUYnSvvXctUdX9EYTaXkBC 6aJBWVo8SliwIRBIQQiz+nkEVI79X1l3EKk54VObt+kHTvWrYpzxj1BiedL4jmrcP300 aJljVj98nEUmJ3vFaQIq3tKnvm6nxbdbRCwLb6Va2GkSkdp9nlWoty444NsSBs5Xwkqe 71RdrXXKYcFvtTl16FahoeW/WCgp+jQ7toLcHMv4/vIoEdZ4UHhYetLmy89Y7+T2l4WD YBc1y1UQPoU7nywAOLGK1CTI0sjXDrNcIgPvvNSZgGwLtr9w+2SyV36cnh3M+0WD4Q2v FyWw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.152.203.162 with SMTP id kr2mr37216618lac.57.1435948488723; Fri, 03 Jul 2015 11:34:48 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <1435510363 DOT 682 DOT 26 DOT camel AT ssalewski DOT de> <20150703030409 DOT 32398 DOT qmail AT stuge DOT se> <1435942066 DOT 672 DOT 22 DOT camel AT ssalewski DOT de> Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2015 18:34:48 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [geda-user] gEDA/gschem still alive? From: "Evan Foss (evanfoss AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Reply-To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk I am not saying dump scheme, that would really slam the 1 or 2 users who use it. I just think we should admit it is kind of useless. I think using C would make more sense. On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 6:32 PM, Evan Foss wrote: > Stefan, It is very telling that almost none of the symbol generators > or other small scripts and etc written by users and even the > developers use scheme. I see a lot of python, perl and etc. > > > > On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 6:13 PM, Evan Foss wrote: >> Ouabache, your distro does not allow for development or unstable versions? >> >> On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 4:47 PM, Stefan Salewski wrote: >>> 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. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Home >> http://evanfoss.googlepages.com/ >> Work >> http://forge.abcd.harvard.edu/gf/project/epl_engineering/wiki/ > > > > -- > Home > http://evanfoss.googlepages.com/ > Work > http://forge.abcd.harvard.edu/gf/project/epl_engineering/wiki/ -- Home http://evanfoss.googlepages.com/ Work http://forge.abcd.harvard.edu/gf/project/epl_engineering/wiki/