OpenEuphoria

Re: Icons

• Posted by Robert Craig <rds at ATTCANADA.NET> Aug 15, 1999
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Ralf writes:
> I don't want to offend you or anything, but I'm not noticing
> any clear direction Euphoria is heading, although I'm sure
> you do have plans. Why not share them with us ?

Long range planning can be very difficult.
In July 1993 when Euphoria 1.0 was released,
my long range planning completely ignored the
Internet and the Web, which barely existed
at that time. I spent a few hundred bucks on long
distance calls uploading Euphoria to numerous
BBS's (remember them?).
I also ignored Linux and WIN32 which also barely
existed. I remember thinking in August 1993,
"OK, 1.0 is out, now what? hmmm... Euphoria
is essentially *complete*, all that's left is to add a few
more builtin routines." A lot of really good features have
been added since then, most of them without any
long range planning.
It's usually a case of learning what users want,
determining that it's possible, and then doing it.

Currently Junko and I are getting the Linux
"alpha" release ready. New code has been
added, but mostly this involves bringing
all the documentation up-to-date, to include
Linux information everywhere. Junko is
fixing how2reg.ex since you'll now be able
to register for one of:
    1. DOS32+WIN32 $39
    2. Linux $25
    3. DOS32+WIN32+Linux $59
Registered users of DOS32 and/or WIN32 can
get $15 off 1 and 3, but not 2.
We also have a new credit card order taker.
DigiBuy recently took over PsL. In the process
we negotiated a better deal with DigiBuy. They will
only take $3 from each order, where PsL was taking $5.
However they won't take telephone orders.
If you call them you'll be asked to use our
Web order form instead. About 98% of the credit card
orders were going through our Web site. Hardly
anyone called on the phone. (About 15% of the *total*
orders are via a check or money order mailed to RDS.)

Just before releasing the Linux alpha, we hope
to move our Web site to a registered domain name.
That should happen in the next week. We're waiting
for InterNIC approval.

Once the Linux 2.1 beta and official releases are
done, we will have a DOS32+WIN32 minor release
so DOS32 and WIN32 can benefit from
improvements we have made while doing the Linux release.
This will bring the 3 platforms into sync.
The DOS32+WIN32 minor release
will be a free upgrade for those who already have 2.1.

After that I want to improve the namespace
situation, and then look at a major rewrite
of the bind program.

Beyond that, there are many many things that can be
improved.

> You have
> to admit, that currently, it isn't a clear distrubition anymore,
> with the different platforms, and the way they integrate.

It's not practical to implement exactly the same
set of features on all platforms. Where a major feature
can be implemented on two or more platforms
we will try to make it as compatible as possible.

Regards,
     Rob Craig
     Rapid Deployment Software
     http://members.aol.com/FilesEu/