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Re: Embedded language support in LPub
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Tue, 8 Apr 2003 17:16:53 GMT
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"Dan Boger" <dan@peeron.com> wrote in message
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> 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.
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
processing in a very compact syntax. That can be a good thing or a bad
thing. The usage of some of Perl's compact syntax can result in code that
is very hard to understand - sometimes even for the author if they haven't
looked at it in a while. Of course well commented code usually alleviates
these types of problems but it is hard to depend on users to comment their
code well.
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> I'm not sure this would be an issue for LPub though.
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I am curious as to why this might not be an issue for LPub? With Kevin's
book on the shelves of bookstores (at least I assume it is), there is likely
to be a community of people who are not LUGNET users nor are they hard core
computer users who will be introduced to LPub and all of the other L-Draw
related tools.
I would think the last thing Kevin would want is to start receiving lots of
e-mail on how to this and how to do that with LPub. With a fairly small and
what appears to be a highly computer literate user base, LPub can currently
assume a certain level of savy. I don't think that will always be the case.
LPub has already made it possible for a lot of people to create very nice
instructions quickly who previously didn't have the patience or possibly the
know how to work through the tedious instruction building process.
Imagine a 7th grade class being introduced to ML-CAD and related L-Draw
tools for a LEGO based computer project? Is that audience better served
with a language like Perl or Tcl? Is a 7th grade class even a target
audience?
Another $0.02 from me - now I am up to $0.04 as well! ;-)
Mike
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 | | Re: Embedded language support in LPub
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| (...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 8-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
| | | Re: Embedded language support in LPub
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| (...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 8-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Embedded language support in LPub
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| (...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 8-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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