On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 16:56:03 -0500, Terry Hancock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Saturday 27 August 2005 03:21 am, David MacQuigg wrote:
>> There is a similar lack of interest in the academic community. None >> of this is likely to lead to publications in scholarly journals. > >I'm confused by what you meant by this. Are you saying that academics >are afraid of using or creating open source CAD tools, or that they have >a lack of interest in tools development, because it won't generate papers >(directly anyway)? It seems like a lack of interest in tools development, because there are no new fundamental principles, sophisticated math, or anything that could help directly and in the short term to get a publication. There is probably also a perception, shared with engineers in industry, that the complexity of these tools is inherent in the task. It's OK for a full-time engineer to spend a few months learning the intricacies of a poorly-designed scripting language that works with just one tool, but not appropriate for students. My hope is that we can get a few good projects to demonstrate the utility of Python in doing sophisticated designs with simple tools. Then we will have a foothold in the Universities. Next will be small companies that can't afford a CAD department with 10 engineers dedicated to tool setup. -- Dave -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
