Hi guys,
I mostly lurk because I have mostly not been using
lyx much (I went back to flat laTeX -but I'm
looking forward to trying some of the new stuff).
I do have a brief opinion on scripting languages,
though.
I like the sound of tcl. Simple and extendable.
Not being a C person, scheme holds less attraction
but also seems quite impressive.
The concept of basic is not at all attractive.
I know it may be simple, and I like many others,
cut my teeth on it, but I've since learned
so many other things that I like much, much
better! Of course, I don't believe that
opinion should be very heavily weighted --
I'm not a user who would really use the
scripting stuff much if it all, and I don't
depend on LyX much either ('cause I don't do
many documents, and the ones I do usually
are quite straight forward).
There was a (massive) discussion (featuring
John Ousterhout "the tcl guy" and Richard Stallman
[who seems to be responsible for the GNU architecure!],
and lots of other very knowledgable people) about
Tcl VS. other scripting languages. Most heavily
featured as an alternative was scheme.
The messages were all collected and arranged at:
http://icemcfd.com/tcl/comparison.html
And runs for 138 printed 8.5"x11" pages.
I recommed it heartily for purusal.
Best Regards,
-Cedric
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On Fri, 11 Dec 1998, Asger K. Alstrup Nielsen wrote:
> It seems that the best for us would be to bundle a scripting
> language.
>
> In order to avoid having to implement our own language from
> scratch, it might make sense to start with something and
> hack that to suit our needs.
>
> I've done a bit of searching and so far found one candidate language
> that seem small enough to be bundable:
>
> Yabasic. A basic variant that's GPL.
>
> http://www.online.de/home/ihm/basic.htm
>
> I don't know how much work there is in adapting it. It
> features some things we don't need, such as graphics and
> console input/output, but these things can probably be taken out
> without much effort.
>
> Advantage: Basic is a simple language that is easy
> to learn, and still powerful enough for writing non-trivial
> applications.
>
> Greets,
>
> Asger
>
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