[Radiance-general] RTCONTRIB

[Rob Guglielmetti]

On Fri, May 27, 2005 6:21 am, Jelle Feringa / EZCT Architecture & Design
Research said:
> Dear Greg,
>
> If I have understood the RTCONTRIB description correctly, it has the
> potential to change the way one deals with Radiancec quite drastically, it
> sounds like an incredible valuable tool! How could I get my hands on it?

Indeed it does.  As for obtaining the program, since Greg checked it in
yesterday, I'd guess that all you need to do is download the latest HEAD
release today and recompile. (?)

> //as a more personal question: c-shells? Have you been tempted by any of
> the
> //p-languages (Python, Perl, Php)? Excuse me for not being a *nix guru,
> but
> //I think it would be a good idea to code the c-shell scripts as a
> (Python?)
> //module? Speaking for myself myself, but it would ease up scripting
> //radiance considerably. Idea?

Programming languages/tools are like cars; they all excel at various
things, and people tend to gravitate to one or another for many different
reasons -- availability, cost, features, ease of use, adaptability, etc --
and everyone has a favorite.  I'd think that the ideal language to use
here would depend on the programmer, and of course the exact nature of the
program being created to use RTCONTRIB.

There are plenty of Python People on this list, and Perl People too.  But
if you poke around in some of the Radiance tools you'll also see that Greg
has been putting the C shell to good use in a number of ways.  It's really
whatever you're comfy using.

-- 
Rob Guglielmetti
www.rumblestrip.org