Why is SDS written in [insert language]?
– It’s a compromise. Not all parts in SDS are in [insert language] though. Other code is written in Common Lisp, Java, C, C++ and Python. The foundation of SDS is XML and that is language-independent, so basically every developer can choose his or her favourite language to do the job. • I have an IDE (or some other tool) and want to use SDS/parts of SDS, how can I do that? – We have not worked out the implementation details, as those will vary a lot. You will probably try to access the Lisp server. sdsclient.py will be a good example on how to do this. As for legal issues; SDS is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation version 2 or later. • SDS is too complex for me. I don’t know all compiler-options and I am not used to command-lines. – Those are statements. Not questions. But I’ll answer anyway. Yes, SDS is complex if you’re a beginner. It is however flexible and powerful an
