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Subject: Re: [geda-user] scheme re-hash (was: ngspice integration in KiCad)
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On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 12:49 AM, John Doty <jpd AT noqsi DOT com> wrote:
>
> On Aug 3, 2016, at 8:17 PM, Evan Foss (evanfoss AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 2:53 PM, John Doty <jpd AT noqsi DOT com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Aug 3, 2016, at 12:09 AM, Vladimir Zhbanov (vzhbanov AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, Aug 03, 2016 at 04:06:51AM +0200, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote:
>>>>> "Vladimir Zhbanov  schrieb am  2. August 2016:
>>>>>
>>>>>> 2) You seem to have not gotten my reasons for choosing Scheme
>>>>>> after many repetitions. I've chosen it chiefly because it has
>>>>>> already been the core language of the geda-gaf project.
>>>>>
>>>>> So your argument boils down to:
>>>>>     "Let's keep scheme because we have got scheme."
>>>>
>>>> Nope.
>>>>
>>>> I prefer to evolve what we have rather than throw it away and
>>>> start anything from scratch. Reasoning: we have not enough man
>>>> power to do such big changes; we'll discourage the users who still
>>>> uses gEDA as is if we state that nobody supports it.
>>>
>>> Guile is essential to everything in gEDA. Guile scripting is the reason that gEDA can do so many things that KiCAD and Eagle can’t. Those who won’t use Guile can’t agree on what they will use.
>>
>> Guile is only essential because it is the only plugin mechanism. If it
>> has been almost anything else we might be in better shape right now.
>
> What I see is a bunch of people who reject Guile because it isn’t their favorite, and they all have different favorites. I think this crowd would have pretty much the same problem with anything. Come on, Guile isn’t that bad. If a sexagenarian astrophysicist can use it to get things done, why can’t you?

Because I would rather spend my time making something new than burning
it away on scheme.

Once more I am not alone in favoring C over scheme. There is a group
of us working toward that end now, you just haven't seen what we are
doing yet.

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