Re: gEDA-user: Gdatabase and datadraw available for download

[Bill Cox <bill@viasic.com>]

Dan McMahill wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 26, 2003 at 08:08:25AM -0500, Bill Cox wrote:
>  
> > The gEDA code base uses guile.  The other obvious choice is TCL.  Other 
> > than being compatible with gEDA, is there a good reason to base the code 
> > on guile?  FPGA designers generally will be willing to use TCL for 
> > timing constraints and all kinds of design specific things, but they get 
> > lost in Scheme.  The more advanced ASIC guys who are capable of writing 
> > netlisters are willing to use Scheme, but they'd also use TCL.  I'm not 
> > guessing about this, it's based on strong experience.  I could do both, 
> > but I'm not sure that makes sense.
> >    
> I'd probably vote for scheme.  For those of use who use cadence, scheme
> isn't too bad.  Also for anyone hacks on gnetlist, they're already
> exposed to guile and TCL may be yet another thing to learn.
>
> -Dan
>
>  
Sorry about the late reply.  I had a week-long confernce to go to.

I've gone ahead and integrated guile, using a bit of the gnetlist code 
as a guide.  TCL will probably also be required at some point, but it 
can wait until later.

Bill