OpenEuphoria

Re: include statement bugs

• Posted by "Unkmar" <L3Euphoria at bellsouth.net> Oct 18, 2004
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ray Smith"
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 2:25 AM
Subject: Re: include statement bugs


> 
> 
> posted by: Ray Smith <ray at rays-web.com>
> 
> Kat wrote:
>> On 17 Oct 2004, at 20:45, irv mullins wrote:
>> > posted by: irv mullins
>> > RDS's plan to leave everything as 'an exercise for the reader' is likely 
>> > to backfire. People will only take so much of that before they go shopping
>> > for
>> > another book.
>> 
>> Especially with free open source books out there.
> 
> If anyone reading the mailing list for any length of time doesn't understand 
> the situation about "Euphoria" you never will. 
> This type of thing has been popping up for at least the last 5 years that
> I know about!
> 
> Here is my summary:
> * Euphoria is a great little language and is well suited to a number of 
> "types" of applications.
> * Euphoria will NOT change at a fast pace.
> * Unless RDS open source the *full* sources with a liberal license everyone
> had better like how RDS do things.  (Which is generally not bad ... 
> but often not "the best" and never fast!).
> 
> If you "need" Euphoria to do something it currently doesn't do and it isn't 
> 1 of the 2 or 3 things that RDS will say is comming in the next release then
> Euphoria isn't for you!
> 
> Euphoria is a "take it and live with the lumps" or leave it langauge ... 
> it ain't changin!
> (Every language has similiar issues ... your best bet is to choose a language 
> where the designers have similiar ideals to your own).
> 
> P.S.  It's good to see Chris back ... and still fighting for improvement!
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Ray Smith

I dare say that "Chris is back" will be a very short lived experience.
and this time I am more than tempted to follow him on the way out the door.
I'd invite Jason Mirwald along but I think he has already left.

    unkmar