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On Jul 7, 2015, at 5:09 PM, Stefan Salewski <mail AT ssalewski DOT de> wrote:

> Of course. Large parts of programming is thinking and learning API usage
> of libraries. Learning and using one of the easy languages is not too
> much effort compared to that.

And yet the unfamiliarity of Scheme is seen as a barrier by many.

> 
> Can you remember PSchem? I have still the link on my homepage:
> https://github.com/PSchem/PSchem
> 
> Was a gschem clone in Python, but seems that nobody contributed.

I looked at it. It wasn't a finished gschem replacement, and I’m reasonably happy with gschem as is (there are a couple of fairly recent misfeatures I wish I could turn off, but they’re not serious).

To me, schematic capture is in good shape. Schematic processing, although geda-gaf’s greatest strength, is still not where it could be. Roland’s effort is thus of more interest, although this xorn thing is a barrier to comprehension, maybe an unnecessary complication.

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
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