Re: gEDA-user: Serious discussion on the proper selection of a language

[Dave McGuire <mcguire@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sep 28, 2005, at 12:15 AM, DJ Delorie wrote:
> >    He's a dangerous sort.  All porn humor aside, though, I'd love to
> > see the generic ability to embed PNG images in PCB files.  That'd be
> > extremely useful for things like logos.
>
> No, what you want is to be able to import EPS files.  Much more
> realistic and efficient.

  Hmm...I'm not sure I'd agree with that assertion, but either way I'd 
be happy to get that functionality.

  Why do you say EPS would be more realistic and efficient?  I'd assume 
it wouldn't be, as you can get a straight bitmap out of something like 
libpng with minimal effort, while you'd need to interpret the 
PostScript and render it to a bitmap which involves a metric buttload 
of work.  The scaling benefits would be huge, but there's still all the 
effort involved in PS interpretation and rendering.

  What are your thoughts on this?

            -Dave

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