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    Re: Embedded language support in LPub —Dan Boger
   (...) it's true that Tcl is probably easier to read and support, over the phone. Perl is more powerful, and therefor harder to understand what a user is trying to do in his code. I'm not sure this would be an issue for LPub though. [snip] (...) perl (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
   
        Re: Embedded language support in LPub —Kevin L. Clague
     Dan and Mike, <snip> Any feedback on what I outlined for scripting interface and such? Kevin (22 years ago, 8-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
    
         Re: Embedded language support in LPub —Mike Walsh
      "Kevin L. Clague" <kevin_clague@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:HD1BFD.1D64@lugnet.com... (...) It looks like you have all of the ones I can think of. Being able to control all of the settings that are available from the GUI is top of the list. It (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
    
         Re: Embedded language support in LPub —Kevin L. Clague
     (...) I disagree. (...) Yes. I can see the need for the name of the generated file at each post processing step. Did you want a list of *all* the files generated for a given entire model as well? (...) Good. This is the kind of stuff I envisioned (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
    
         Re: Embedded language support in LPub —Mike Walsh
      "Kevin L. Clague" <kevin_clague@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:HD4J8p.wEF@lugnet.com... [ ... snippped ... ] (...) From your discussion on how LPub operates, it generates a lot more files than I realized (I never thought about generating the .dat (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
   
        Re: Embedded language support in LPub —Mike Walsh
    "Dan Boger" <dan@peeron.com> wrote in message news:20030408155024....ron.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) Not just over the phone, live and in person as well. More powerful does not always mean something s better. Perl allows people to do a lot of (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
   
        Re: Embedded language support in LPub —Dan Boger
     (...) I believe you can write unreadable code in any language - perl perhaps makes it easy for you, but it also lets you write extreamly readable readable code - just a matter of style. [snip] (...) I don't know - that's up to Kevin to decide. I (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
    
         Re: Embedded language support in LPub —Tim Courtney
      (...) That could be another LDraw.org web poll, or a LUGNET poll... -Tim (22 years ago, 8-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
     
          Re: Embedded language support in LPub —Dan Boger
      (...) but I'm not talking about LDraw.org users, nor am I talking about LUGNET users. Some things, a poll isn't the right answer to :) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
     
          Re: Embedded language support in LPub —Tim Courtney
      (...) I figured you weren't, but, wouldn't a rough estimate of who uses what *within* the community help? Just a thought. -Tim (22 years ago, 8-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
    
         Re: Embedded language support in LPub —Mike Walsh
      "Dan Boger" <dan@peeron.com> wrote in message news:20030408192657....ron.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) [ ... snipped ... ] This would be an interesting statistic to know. I wonder how one might find this out. Somewhere on the web there has (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
    
         Re: Embedded language support in LPub —Dan Boger
     (...) a quick search didn't pull any up, but it was very quick :) [snip] (...) heh. we could start an editor war, or a browser war, if you like instead? :) (...) (URL) Dan Boger dan@peeron.com (22 years ago, 8-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
    
         Re: Embedded language support in LPub —Kevin L. Clague
     I asked an old friend (non-LEGO person) about his preferences, and much to my suprise, he had no opinion. I was at a loss for words, because he *always* has an opinion. He suggests that I do both :^) Kevin (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
    
         Re: Embedded language support in LPub —Steve Bliss
     (...) rofl. I know a few people like that. (...) That sounds like an opinion to me. And it fits my credo: "Never take what's offered. If given the choice between A or B, demand C". Steve (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
    
         Re: Embedded language support in LPub —Tim Courtney
     (...) That fits you to a T. LOL! ;-) -Tim (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
   
        Re: Embedded language support in LPub —Kevin L. Clague
   (...) I want to make one thing clear.... The embedded scripting is for the power users... As power users develop new ideas I will encorporate them into LPub in a way that the novice does not require the novice to be an expert. LPub is powerful, yet (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 

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