On Wed, 2020-07-22 at 15:32 +0200, Massimo Fidanza via gimp-developer- list wrote: > What are > the advantages of Scheme compared to Python? Or, since JavaScript is massively more wiel yused than Python, why not abandond Python now that JavaScript is supported? Because it's about choice. As Simon wrote, there's a core interpreter that's built in; Scheme is probably still widely taught in computer science courses & it's fast to parse. So GIMP can ship with scripts and know they will work. Then there's a set of optional interpreters, often contributed from outside, and that can be distributed separately from GIMP, for example to split off dependency issues. I don't need Python 2 (or 3) installed to have GIMP. As to the languages, Scheme is a very small language, and not especially difficult, although the functional aspect can be hard for people from a procedural scripting background. The Little Schemer book (MIT Press probably) is old but a good intro and it's thin. As Maurizio wrote, a script recorder would make life a lot easier; right now the necessary infrastructure isn't really in place, but it's on its way. GIMP does not use the traditional MVC command-chain pattern internally today, and e.g. stores the bitmap result of operations in the undo history, not the actions needed to recreate the effect. ankh -- Liam Quin - web slave for https://www.fromoldbooks.org/ with fabulous vintage art and fascinating texts to read. In full-time voluntary servitude. _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list List address: gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list
