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.2...@arius.com> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-user mailing list > geda-user@moria.seul.org > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user > _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
