On 8/6/2010 2:13 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > On 08/06/2010 11:49 AM, Brian F. G. Bidulock wrote: >> Dick, >> >> On Fri, 06 Aug 2010, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: >> >>> >> --X--snip--X-- >> >>> Curious about scala now. Later I came to refer to the lower level >>> languages as "programming on your hands and knees". Each has their >>> place, but this is determined by the platform. The fact that the linux >>> kernel is written in C, is a perfect language choice. It should be in >>> C. But when you move up into the application space, and have enough >>> disk space, and infrastructure, and still write in C, you are now >>> "programming on your hands and knees" IMO. >>> >> Looking at the code I can see that a lot of people have >> been "programming on their hands and knees" in C++. >> Most of it is C code fed at a C++ compiler. >> >> --brian >> > > > I suspect that it was orignally written in C and then fed to the C++ > compiler and gradual adoption of classes along the way. Jean Pierre > could tell us. And I don't know how many people have been involved, it > is probably not accurate to say a lot. Jean Pierre has never said if > any of his students have contributed, but it seems like it would be a > cool thing to do as a student. > > As far as open source projects go, of any kind, I think it is very very > good, and getting better everyday. That last bit is encouraging.
I second that. Even in the relatively short period of time I have been working on the project, I have been impressed with how much Kicad has evolved. > > It should be known that there was sort of a consensus reached during a > discussion many months ago, that C++ could be pushed to the point of > obfuscation, and I think we agreed to always stay with concepts that > keep the code easy to read and maintain. A balance point can be found > in many spectrums. > > What amazes me about Jean Pierre is the patience of the man. To sit > back silently and have folks criticize, contort, and modify previously > written code cannot be easy. He is a man of greater patience than most, > and his generosity is appreciated by me and many. You can count me as one of those appreciate all that JP has done. I don't think enough can be said about how well he has handled all of the changes the project has gone through. I doubt I would have handled it as gracefully. Thanks for tolerating the rest of us JP. Should our paths ever cross, the drinks are on me. Wayne > > Dick > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
