Oh common anybody can write a eda tool set in java, c, c++, c#, pascal or tcl/tk but it takes an old timer to write one in fortran and cobol on a cpm machine.
Lets show our metal. lets write a crossplatform cpm emululator and rewrite all of geda in snowball. But Seriously, Steve Meier On Tue, 2005-09-20 at 11:56 -0400, Marvin Dickens wrote: > Everyone who wants to change languages isn't familiar with the gEDA > code base. There are over 750K lines of code that work and that are > understood by at least one developer. Now, I've been using these tools for 2 > or 3 years. I'm fluent in c and c++ and I've looked at some of the code > (Specifically, in PCB and gschem). Just because I've looked at some of the > code doesn't mean I know squat about how it works (I don't...). > > The advocates of using a new language cannot possibly understand the > ramifications of impilimenting/re-implimenting any portion of gEDA in their > "pet" language. In fact, I'll bet the couple of hours I spent looking at the > code that comprises PCB and gschem surpasses the amount of time the > proponents of implimenting a new language have spent looking at the code. > > Personally, I don't see this thread as intelligent - I can't take it > seriously. > > > > Regards > > Marvin
