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=date:from:to:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references :mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=7+P7lOvsi8rOF+r9iYEi5xL6KCI17cBzN1ugw399DZA=; b=KFOqcvdS/REXAQEyo6pAX7RYcbi/Tk57swrpX9fjPEM4eqI+OneYmWHOxkyqrGA/m2 DavhaHjEWV0v0mxsGeWTg3VXzBP9SqOTcED/kjOth5yBMeIqNadTRmcpPP6CfsdUGBfv QCQ2/HsPKeJ7N2n3rK+UdMekU2uXUGqkEJ7DeAe6NL6HKGYy2yj2AmnnCgN8SXKLGpKi brKrQK+Dg/fQSErcD9Fcjty9vSO9LZ3iza2Bub1snf3s0ulyRFjaQxFPCa/cDpQ36I8v jXL9HqAvBLgFdh6AAHBrQC6p52cZPH8LvIjtfJYea5i8tDG9C9LyjA2ubzvEUVZeU5uM 538w== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to :references:mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=7+P7lOvsi8rOF+r9iYEi5xL6KCI17cBzN1ugw399DZA=; b=Cf93slBuGYGEfF5E/u7fkYF1JvUXSOzKyG7sus1mdIJk8x6X0Ess9mQ1c5Oxxo4Kuh 8EGT7Yfk0JA2eDac990zlaJ4ZmSQxVvQjUjHvEWPxhCV0gEs968S+0THzdVXKlTQvcNY xFQXCBxaSa2DqAr1OIknFa/GD8iir+hrRY/KyBwvsTpP2Gk0y9ZGmQ6oehw6ZPqDV9Gn vUOW5LrTXRIW1ysOYqKcgx5wNYaXzV5dsJgWULoOHyiujq4PXQ8xLYU0V76YGTxWEa0U FJGO9fQbuBqTlDZSy6OhkHz+uI20LLpPPESWWER0HbY71yfE5sPx800IvRqGHL3Cll5p YIRw== X-Gm-Message-State: AEkoouvMLdSdLRrJQHLaShc/A7mMdp2lVqC4QtDkqzDBSvHcn8W0bLY9fe13O+e7NEoPKA== X-Received: by 10.46.1.224 with SMTP id f93mr4124990lji.44.1469265770329; Sat, 23 Jul 2016 02:22:50 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2016 12:22:48 +0300 From: "Vladimir Zhbanov (vzhbanov AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" To: "Vladimir Zhbanov (vzhbanov AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" Subject: Re: [geda-user] [OT] ngspice integration in KiCad Message-ID: <20160723092248.GF17595@localhost.localdomain> Mail-Followup-To: "Vladimir Zhbanov (vzhbanov AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" References: <20160722171754 DOT GB17595 AT localhost DOT localdomain> <20160723065723 DOT GC17595 AT localhost DOT localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) 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 On Sat, Jul 23, 2016 at 10:59:10AM +0200, gedau AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu wrote: > > > On Sat, 23 Jul 2016, Vladimir Zhbanov (vzhbanov AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote: > > >On Sat, Jul 23, 2016 at 12:46:58AM +0000, Evan Foss (evanfoss AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote: > >... > > > >>>Now, this is what we have due to everybody want 'do it my > >>>way / in my preferred language', I believe. > >> > >>The advantage of such a statement is that any one who responds will > >>inevitably risk being the creator of a flamewar by restarting those > >>two fights. All they can do is talk in very general terms. > > > >You know how many languages have been mentioned here (lua, awk, > >python, ruby, c, ada, java, scheme, etc etc) and I see all the > >people who mention their preferred languages say something like "I > > Same old story... You pretend that it is not possible to get a software > scriptable in multiple languages (or in fact in anything else than your > precious scheme). I guess this is the good strategy if you want to keep > scheme alive, because as soon as users can choose anything else, scheme > loses its relevance almost immediately. Apparently, I cannot write such quickly as you do. See my previous answer to you. The problem is not in scheme but in the attitude of the sparce developers we have now, I think. > > (Although I use "scheme" a lot in this mail, my focus is on the big picture. > Scheme is only one important, but small symptom. While reading, please try > to keep in mind that scheme is just an example and in most contexts it could > be replaced by a few other flamewar-material buzzwords like "integration vs. > toolkit" (random example).) Look at gimp, lillypond, sly ... Emacs, at length. Wait a bit, I have to run to a shop for vodka, and later I'll read and answer what you've written. -- Vladimir