On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 4:50 AM, Jan Nieuwenhuizen <jann...@gnu.org> wrote: > Han-Wen Nienhuys writes: > >> Let me try to rephrase things: the more functionality is moved into >> the Scheme layers, the less people you can find who are capable of >> working on it. > > For me, the complexity of LilyPond itself outplays learning a new > programming language by far. Moreover, learning scheme has given me a > very helpful and refreshing new perspective on programming.
> I'm wondering, do you think that learning a new language such as scheme > would scare you away from hacking on LilyPond, if you discovered it? As long as you seek out new technologies, you'll always get new perspectives on programming. I, like most people, have only a limited amount of time. Learning a programming language well enough to write code that sticks to wall when you throw it, is a significant investment, and if there is a choice, I'd invest in something that will pay off beyond working on LilyPond. Scheme has very use in any context, so it's not very attractive. >> Therefore, you should be careful with moving more and more code into >> the Scheme layer. > > If the former hypothesis was true, then maybe. Or maybe not -- most > important is that things get better, simpler, easier to extend and > change for the current hackers, imvho. -- Han-Wen Nienhuys - han...@xs4all.nl - http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanwen _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
