Re: Solution to 7 over sqr(71) time against integer polyrhythms

[David Kastrup]

Urs Liska <address@hidden> writes:

>> But the long and the short of it is that LilyPond does have
>> limitations in that area.  That they are irrelevant to the vast
>> majority of use cases people have for typesetting music does not mean
>> that there is a point in discussing them away: mclaren is not wrong
>> about them being there, and on that point he will "win" any
>> "discussion".
>
> I do not question this in any way. Of course if an actual bug or
> limitation is determined it should be put on the bug list to be
> tackled in appropriate order. The point is that a) as you, David, have
> expressed more than once there's no use insulting those who would be
> able to help (somehow this reminds me of an old woman constantly
> shouting at her nurses) and b) that it's completely inappropriate to
> make fun of LilyPond's proclaimed total incompetence at performing
> even "ridiculously simple" tasks while in fact these tasks are
> extremely complex and most other programs wouldn't even let you
> *think* of even starting with them.

There is an anecdote attributed to Winston Churchill who was called out
by a colleague as being drunk and replied "and you are ugly.  I'll be
sober again tomorrow."

There is a roadmap to getting LilyPond fixed in the respect of large
fractions (it will have an impact on its speed though).  It will not
exactly happen tomorrow but it's likely that it will eventually happen
and it's easier to do than acquiring social grace.

And it's not like LilyPond takes it ill when being made fun of.  So
don't let yourself get infected with ill will.

-- 
David Kastrup