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On Oct 13, 2015, at 8:54 PM, Evan Foss (evanfoss AT gmail DOT com) [via =
geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

> After that is done I want to write another plugin
> interface that works in parallel to scheme.

I am skeptical of this idea. The problem is that the language drives the =
data structures that are natural. A different tool/library might =
sensibly have a different API for plugins, but supporting multiple =
languages on a common low level base is hard. We already have a very =
transparent and versatile file format for schematics: it seems to me =
that there is where different languages more sensibly make contact.

I think things would be easier now if the original gnetlist =
implementation had been entirely in Scheme. It=92s pretty good, but its =
limitations stem from the clumsiness of the C/Guile FFI.

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
http://www.noqsi.com/
jpd AT noqsi DOT com



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