On 10/30/2013 07:40 PM, TJoseph Powderly wrote: >> I did take a look at Apt programming, but decided against it as being a >> bit "exotic" in syntax. I was looking for a "C-like" syntax, which is >> familiar more people afaik. > no problem, please look at what you say tho. > languages are different. > familiar is a perspective.
Sure, all familiarity is a matter of perspective and experience. My background is EE and CS and not mechanical engineering. That will definitely show in how I approach the problem. And, although my own perspective says that "I am right", some other perspective may have a rather different view on that truth :-) > i agree what you propose is more C like > APT is very traditional in CadCam, yet is unfamiliar to you Yes, because my background has shaped my view. > So your flexible mechanism gets tied to your preferences > (thats not a a bad thing ) In my (not too extensive) experience with mechanical engineering is that it is quite conservative. A once established method of operation is kept in place for a very long time. Note that I look at "computer use" in mechanical engineering. Being conservative is fine and often proven to be working in favor of stability. However, new methods to look at a problem and writing it down in a different way has benefits. Computer-power is no longer an issue and that should enable us to "redefine" how we write down functionality. The crux is to write it down in a logical and accessible way. > but > separating the effects ( linuxcnc internal commands ) > from > the path descriptor ( gcode, turtle, CL, Apt, Step ) > is a _very_good_ idea. Thanks you. That was also my interpretation. For as philosophical one can be about where a problem needs to be separated and how it should be solved; I was basically solving my own frustration. I'm sure others have been frustrated in the same way... -- Greetings Bertho (disclaimers are disclaimed) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Android is increasing in popularity, but the open development platform that developers love is also attractive to malware creators. Download this white paper to learn more about secure code signing practices that can help keep Android apps secure. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=65839951&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
