Re: gEDA-user: Functional blocks and PCB format changes

[timecop <timecop@xxxxxxxxx>]

Given the choice between lisp (lol) and xml, the winner is absolutely clear.
There are even less lisp users than there are Linux users, and that's
a sad statistic.

-tc

On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Rick Collins <gnuarm.2006@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> At 12:11 AM 9/4/2010, you wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 11:29:58PM -0400, Rick Collins wrote:
>> > XML?  What's wrong with XML?  Heavy?  How heavy are a few electrons
>> > anyway?
>> >
>>
>> For most data, XML ends up being > 50% tags (and < 50% data). It's hard to
>> read for humans, bandwidth-intensive for machines, difficult to parse and
>> generally ugly.
>>
>> Plus, the entire spec is enormous, and using only a subset of the spec
>> means that we've lost a lot of the compatibility arguments in favor of
>> it.
>>
>>
>> Andrew
>
> Don't hold back, tell us how you really feel!
>
> The spec is large because it addresses a wide range of design aspects, which
> is one of the great reasons for using it, one file for the entire design,
> schematic, layout, mechanical, etc, even board lay up.  So the compatibility
> issue is moot because any one app only needs to deal with the portion that
> applies to it.  Just don't muck with the other parts.
>
> The "heavy" issue is a red herring (are you planning on hosting this on a
> cell phone maybe?)  No PCB file format is going to be easy for humans to
> read.  Bandwidth?  Back to the MCU in the cell phone I guess.  "Ugly", now
> there is a great technical argument.
>
> But I suppose it is better to re-invent the wheel.  There is no reason to
> try to foster any sort of compatibility in file formats between all the
> different CAD tools.  There are always conversion programs to be written,
> no?
>
> Rick
>
>
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