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It generates ASCII, or svg, or png or a variety of things. Who cares what format it stores it in. The things you generate with it are totally portable. You may
by masukomi 4y ago
It generates ASCII, or svg, or png or a variety of things. Who cares what format it stores it in. The things you generate with it are totally portable.
You may as well complain that we shouldn't write code in interpreted languages like Ruby and Perl and node because they're _also_ not portable to anyone who doesn't have the interpreter installed. But heck, compiled languages like Go and C are also not portable unless you've got the compiler installed. Only their artifacts are. We may as well abandon this whole programming thing.
Or, maybe... maybe things can still be incredibly useful even if it's only their artifacts that are portable.
- tomxor 4y agoThe format is proprietary; source encoding and almost all PLs are not. I can install Ruby, you can install Ruby, for free, or even write my own interpreter... I cannot install Monodraw, even with money. A big part of the lure of ASCII drawings is portability and openness on the same level as plain text.