On 07/12/05, Han-Wen Nienhuys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Darius Blasband wrote: > > Interesting question though: if you had to do it again, would you still > > consider Scheme, or would you rather go for Python.... > > > > Yes, that's an intriguing question. I'm not sure, really. The # hack > could also have been done in Python, by requiring parentheses, I guess. > I do wonder how what the impact on performance would have been. Python > objects are more heavyweight than SCMs, and the Garbage Collection > opened a lot of possibilities in developing Lily.
I guess that the Python syntax (the indentation rules) would have made it a bit messy. Since we're speculating anyways; perhaps an embedded C++ interpreter would have given hacking opportunities to the most people. Here is such a beast: http://www.softintegration.com/products/sdk/embedch/ It is not GPL though,so I guess that would have been a problem for Lilypond. -- Sven Axelsson _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
