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Re: Discuss signature for new function \annotate (new version)
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Tim Slattery |
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Re: Discuss signature for new function \annotate (new version) |
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Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:24:28 -0400 |
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Urs Liska <address@hidden> wrote:
>After all, I'm still wondering what benefits Scheme offers.
>I find it extremely reluctant to be understood (that's what it feels:
>Scheme tries to avoid being understood), and I would like to have some
>benefits that outweigh that effort. And so far I can't see them.
The 'advantage" is that it seems to be the "official" scripting
language for FSF apps, see http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/. As for
why FSF chose a LISP variant for this ... I can't imagine. Nearly
every programmer understands procedural languages, like C, Java,
Javascript, Perl, Ruby, etc, etc. Very few (IMHO) understand LISP.
Whatever language was chosen, you'd have to learn a good deal about
Lilypond's internal structures to use it (those are quite well
documented, by the way). Using a LISP variant just adds another layer
of obscurity on top of that.
I am overwhelmingly impressed by Lilypond, and blown away by its
extensive scriptability. I just wish I could script it in a language I
know something about.
--
Tim Slattery
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Re: Discuss signature for new function \annotate (new version), Janek Warchoł, 2013/06/11
- Re: Discuss signature for new function \annotate (new version), Urs Liska, 2013/06/11
- Re: Discuss signature for new function \annotate (new version), Janek Warchoł, 2013/06/11
- Re: Discuss signature for new function \annotate (new version), Urs Liska, 2013/06/11
- Re: Discuss signature for new function \annotate (new version), David Kastrup, 2013/06/11
- Re: Discuss signature for new function \annotate (new version), Urs Liska, 2013/06/11
- Re: Discuss signature for new function \annotate (new version), PMA, 2013/06/11
Re: Discuss signature for new function \annotate (new version),
Tim Slattery <=
Re: Discuss signature for new function \annotate (new version), Urs Liska, 2013/06/11
Re: Discuss signature for new function \annotate (new version), David Kastrup, 2013/06/11
Re: Discuss signature for new function \annotate (new version), Thomas Morley, 2013/06/11
Re: Discuss signature for new function \annotate (new version), Tim Slattery, 2013/06/12
Re: Discuss signature for new function \annotate (new version), Urs Liska, 2013/06/12
Re: Discuss signature for new function \annotate (new version), David Kastrup, 2013/06/12