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

[Dave McGuire <mcguire@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sep 30, 2005, at 10:00 PM, Bert Douglas wrote:
> > > >    Why do you say EPS would be more realistic and efficient?
> > >
> > > EPS is a stroked format.  Gerber files emit stroke commands.  Mapping
> >   Hmm ok, that makes sense.  I had forgotten that RS-274X is a vector 
> > format...I was thinking raster.
>
> How could you forget something that basic???

  Simple.  I spend my time designing circuitry and writing code, and 
the software that generates the Gerber output is already written so I 
haven't had to mess with it.  I'm a developer, but not one of PCB's 
developers...Gerber format is very much a "black box" utility type 
thing to me.

           -Dave

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