Re: Hushing up Sibelius news?

[David Kastrup]

Hilary Snaden <address@hidden> writes:

> On 2013-02-21 23:10, David Kastrup wrote:
>
>> However, LilyPond indeed has a weakness in as far as it does not
>> really have a "file format".  It is an evolving input language.
>
> If that's a "weakness", it's one I'm happy to see maintained
> indefinitely.

Well, it is not going away since the primary generator of LilyPond files
are humans rather than programs.  As opposed to a "file format",
however, the only reliable reader (not just interpreter) of LilyPond
files is LilyPond itself.  That's a disadvantage for interfacing with
other programs.

-- 
David Kastrup