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=5R70Sr0LgHWCLHJQQ1fxTVZ+RXdpw3xRQzrHixGVxyM=; b=m6KZgqwGLr1uFU0CIM7OJ2G3ooZOn5tlToYpT0mPagGnXKpVNNr6H5VpI4YH0spdzO nxESJKNNVWJvnUkglNg4NO7yDtY0IlU50TsPHM2lA8XtyKdA3TeHZKV18GxHn5RuveJc do/O2+suYbd1A2tpQpElcHXX/rEjuntIetPVv0FfOY1ztEYDG4tRIoyrC65ZrKb6aTFt F8wt8eioUnJ0oqeNrfS/yCs4lOnJ82RtiC3jwr9EYiZXz7DBPoHg/ZYNMfh5sYjxuHoq 5Fa9eHgf/M+Dr7/3ZUBCUmHZMKHgFKK2q07gb1fTmbt/L7Hnzi/MQRql/gHApFLXW9Vv jkEQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.6.196 with SMTP id d4mr103788243wja.120.1452038452147; Tue, 05 Jan 2016 16:00:52 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <1512221837 DOT AA25291 AT ivan DOT Harhan DOT ORG> <20151222232230 DOT 12633 DOT qmail AT stuge DOT se> <0F6F1D0F-4F07-48EA-90FE-836EAD4E2354 AT noqsi DOT com> <0FCF3774-F93C-4BFF-BB61-636F75DCCACB AT noqsi DOT com> <20160105182120 DOT 3237F809D79B AT turkos DOT aspodata DOT se> <201601051829 DOT u05IT7TI021027 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com> <0254E441-E74C-490E-BFF0-DD0BED19F2B2 AT noqsi DOT com> <201601052034 DOT u05KYSuc032326 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com> Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2016 15:00:51 -0900 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [geda-user] A fileformat library From: "Britton Kerin (britton DOT kerin AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7b5d497623ff9e05289f0cbe 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 --047d7b5d497623ff9e05289f0cbe Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 12:08 PM, John Doty wrote: > > On Jan 5, 2016, at 3:34 PM, DJ Delorie wrote: > > > As for kilobyte vs megabyte tools, I think you're just making that up > > - and once again choosing emotionally charged terms where they're > > totally superfluous. A perl script that imports a yaml library is > > going to be significantly shorter than a perl script that has to parse > > a schematic file manually. > > I consider Perl to be a heavy tool of undisciplined design. YAML isn=E2= =80=99t > simple, either. > > "PHP is a minor evil perpetrated and created by incompetent amateurs, > whereas Perl is a great and insidious evil, perpetrated by skilled but > perverted professionals." =E2=80=94 Jon Ribbens. > You're mostly right about perl but god I love it anyway. Unlike most language it's actually different. You can (gasp) say "if condition do_that" or "do_this if condition" just like in every human language and almost no computer languages. Have you looked at perl 6 yet? We may be able to say if $foo =3D=3D 1 or = 2, just like people invariably do, rather than if ( $foo =3D=3D 1 or $foo =3D= =3D 2). Shock horror. Britton --047d7b5d497623ff9e05289f0cbe Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable --047d7b5d497623ff9e05289f0cbe--