Re: magnum.vim - Pure Vim script big integer library

Marc Weber wrote:
> Excerpts from glts's message of Tue Feb 18 13:44:04 +0000 2014:
>> I'm happy to announce magnum.vim, a multiple-precision integer library
>> written entirely in Vim script.
> And which is your usage? Why not just use python?
> (for speed, maintainance, and more reasons?)
>
Marc, why did you write your plugin manager? Plugin handling could be
done other ways, such as how vim does it natively coupled with manual
deletion. So, let me present a few reasons that I can imagine:

* not all vim users have python. They do have vim, obviously.
* having a multi-precision integer library is pretty much a
pre-requisite for a multi-precision floating point library
* working with large file sizes, working with national debts, etc
* it was a problem that interested glts

It seems to me that you're discouraging plugin writing, although that
may be unintentional. IMHO, the more the merrier.

Knowing the "usage case" seems to be a somewhat reasonable question,
although there are thousands of plugins that I personally have no use
for. Those who do have uses for them presumably will find them of use.

Currently, putting plugins on vim.sf.net requires one to say what
version of vim is required. Perhaps additional constraints should be
made more prominent (such as requirements for perl, python, unix/dos, etc).

Regards,
Chip Campbell



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