Re: Hello!

[Johannes Schindelin]

Hi,

On Mon, 10 Oct 2005, Erik Sandberg wrote:

> Citerar Johannes Schindelin <address@hidden>:
> > > No, C++ and Java are much the same: statically typed imperative 
> > > prrogramming languages, with support for object orientation.  I 
> > > think I would use a new project to start learning Haskell or OCaml.
> > 
> > I´d vote for Haskell.
> > 
> > Having said that, I am quite comfortable with LilyPond as it is now. 
> > While there are quite a few language dependencies (C++, Scheme, 
> > Python, PostScript, TeX, and lex/yacc), I think that it runs quite 
> > well. Sure, one could try to do away with a few of them (for example, 
> > Python and TeX),
> 
> In what way is TeX a language dependency? All I can see, is that 
> lilypond-book needs to scan and manipulate .tex files (by looking for 
> \include and \begin{lilypond}), but that script is anyway just a bundled 
> add-on program for those who already use TeX.

It is a dependency since you

 - need to have it installed in order to compile LilyPond
 - need to understand TeX in order to be able to read some of the provided
   sources.

No longer a huge dependency, though.

Ciao,
Dscho