On Aug 1, 2009, at 10:03 AM, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: > On Sat, 01 Aug 2009 11:17:10 +0100, r wrote: > >> I'm a bit puzzled that all of you tend to choose C/C++ for >> implementing >> your tools. > > like ist, or not, C is the lingua franca of computer science. I > have yet > to meet an IT professional, who has never written any C code. In > addition, C is the natural programming language of a unix-like system.
Just about any language works "naturally" on Unix these days, the exceptions being proprietary languages that aren't on the table here anyway. > > Installing a build environment is a no-brainer in these times of > software > distros. Not too long ago, the preferred way to distribute geda and > friends was by source and build locally. For me that's not the issue: the issue is that you're putting yet another gnetlist behavior out of reach of back end control. There are too many of those already. John Doty Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd. http://www.noqsi.com/ [email protected] _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
