Re: gEDA-user: General Layers questions

[John Doty <jpd@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mar 18, 2011, at 3:09 PM, DJ Delorie wrote:

> I feel that the data layer is easiest to implement, but it seems to be
> what we're arguing about the most.  I say we should ignore that
> problem for now, until we have a better understanding of what we want
> at the other two layers.

That's the kind of "top down" design that produces a tool that meets today's requirements in the minimum amount of time, but produces an inflexible tool limited to those requirements.

But if you start from a data representation that spans the space of the possible, it drives you toward flexibility and extensibility in the upper layers.

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
http://www.noqsi.com/
jpd@xxxxxxxxx




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