Re: [Gimp-developer] Python vs Scheme

2020-07-22 Thread Michael Schumacher
On 7/22/20 8:30 PM, Massimo Fidanza via gimp-developer-list wrote: > I looked around a bit and saw that already with the release of Guile 2.0, > developers had been offered support to replace the TinyScheme interpreter > with Guile > https://www.gimpusers.com/forums/gimp-developer/13578-gimp-a

Re: [Gimp-developer] Python vs Scheme

2020-07-22 Thread Massimo Fidanza via gimp-developer-list
While waiting for your answer, I delved into the topic and found several scripts created in Scheme, I also noticed that Gimp uses its interpreter derived from TinyScheme, whose development is not very active, while the cousins of the Gnome project use Guile , which in the last release has benefited

Re: [Gimp-developer] Python vs Scheme

2020-07-22 Thread Kevin Cozens
On 2020-07-22 11:09 a.m., Shlomi Fish wrote: In addition to Scheme and Python, there are C plugins and there was gimp-perl in the past as well, and there can be others. In addition to C plug-ins the list is: Scheme, Python, Perl, and Ruby. The Ruby binding might be out-of-date and I also don't

Re: [Gimp-developer] Python vs Scheme

2020-07-22 Thread Liam R E Quin
On Wed, 2020-07-22 at 15:32 +0200, Massimo Fidanza via gimp-developer- list wrote: > What are > the advantages of Scheme compared to Python? Or, since JavaScript is massively more wiel yused than Python, why not abandond Python now that JavaScript is supported? Because it's about choice. As Simo

Re: [Gimp-developer] Python vs Scheme

2020-07-22 Thread Shlomi Fish
Hi, On Wed, 22 Jul 2020 15:32:43 +0200 Massimo Fidanza via gimp-developer-list wrote: > this email is deliberately a little provocative. If I have not seen wrong > in the source archive there are 51 .scm scripts and 11 .py Scheme scripts > has a complex syntax and I do not know how much it is us

Re: [Gimp-developer] Python vs Scheme

2020-07-22 Thread Maurizio Paglia via gimp-developer-list
Hi Simon, the better way - in my opinion - should be the best technical solution (let's call it Scheme) BUT with the best user experience (let's call it 'script builder'?). A normal user cannot start and study Scheme (or Python) in order to have a script... should need a script builder/recorder. T

Re: [Gimp-developer] Python vs Scheme

2020-07-22 Thread Simon Budig
Hi Massimo. Massimo Fidanza via gimp-developer-list (gimp-developer-list@gnome.org) wrote: > in the source archive there are 51 .scm scripts and 11 .py Scheme scripts > has a complex syntax and I do not know how much it is used today. What are > the advantages of Scheme compared to Python? Would i