David, That is exactly why you are so valuable. You have the code foo that most of us don't.
S. On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 10:55 AM, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote: > Paul Morris <p...@paulwmorris.com> writes: > >> Simon Albrecht-2 wrote >>> It's like a mixture of a logical puzzle and a strategy game, with the >>> pleasant side effect that it is not just for fun, but you get a result >>> which can be ported to real life and has an actual use for other people! >> >> I think you're right. I have noticed the following scenario: I will be >> working on a particular problem (with LilyPond but also with similar >> "coding" tasks) and I get a lot of satisfaction out of finally solving it. >> Then when I tell someone else about it, it doesn't seem like such a big deal >> to them because they are just focusing on the results and don't appreciate >> the difficulties in the process. So I've realized that the satisfaction I >> get is often proportional to the challenge of the task rather than to the >> results. Very much like a logical puzzle or game. > > Huh. We are working at cross-purposes then. I don't write scores as an > intellectual challenge. I rather tend to do scorish stuff on the list > because I think it should be easy to prove to people that they are > trivial to do with LilyPond. Then LilyPond trips me up, and I end up > dragging it kicking and screaming to the state where it would have been > easy to do. > > -- > David Kastrup > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
