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On Dec 29, 2015, at 4:35 PM, Svenn Are Bjerkem =
(svenn DOT bjerkem AT googlemail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] =
<geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

> On 29 December 2015 at 21:52, John Doty <jpd AT noqsi DOT com> wrote:
>> Why not just write something? A new gnetlist back end or plugin. A =
new script to transform schematics. A new Scheme plugin for gschem. =
*Use* the power of the foundation rather than try to change it. When you =
do that, you don=92t have to convince anybody.
>=20
> Learn to program in order to design circuits? Your wisdom makes you
> blind to the complexity of bootstrapping into the existing chaos.

Okay, I get excoriated when I ask that developers leave working code =
alone. Now I=92m excoriated for suggesting the sort of positive =
contribution somebody who wants to write code could make.

But I also think that gEDA is EDA for UNIX-literate designers, as LaTeX =
is document preparation for UNIX-literate writers (and they work well =
together). I think this space is important.

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
http://www.noqsi.com/
jpd AT noqsi DOT com



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