1. Questions about Euphoria
Hello !
I would like information on Euphoria
Is it a language , an EDI ?
What's the purpose ?
I've never heard of it before .
Please to excuse such an ignorance 
)
2. Questions about Euphoria
March 12, 1997, you wrote:
Poster: Mathieu FERON <Mathieu.Feron at STERIA.FR>
Subject: Questions about Euphoria
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Hello !
I would like information on Euphoria
Is it a language , an EDI ?
What's the purpose ?
I've never heard of it before .
Please to excuse such an ignorance )
Check out the official Euphoria page at
If you still have questions then, look at "the Beginners Guide To Euphoria"
or one of the many other homepages dedicated to Euphoria.
Hope you will have fun getting to know Euphoria. It is certainly worth the
effort, I can assure you!
Greetings,
Ad Rienks
Pays Bas
3. Re: Questions about Euphoria
> Hello !
> I would like information on Euphoria
> Is it a language , an EDI ?
> What's the purpose ?
> I've never heard of it before .
> Please to excuse such an ignorance )
Euphoria is a full featured computer programming language, created by
Robert Craig and Junko Muira of Rapid Deployment Software. The name stands
for End User Programming with Hierarchical Objects for Robust Interpreted
Applications. I bet RDS spent a week trying to dream up that one ;>
The language resembles C, but the way it stores and manipulates data makes
it unique. It has an array-like structure called a sequence that allows you
to modify it at both the group level and the individual elements with no
effort. It has built-in routines for loading bitmaps into your program for
display on your screen and a mouse routine.
The language enjoys a strong core user base. For example, I've written a
tutorial for new users to help them understand the Euphoria language.
Michael Packard of Lord Generic Productions uses Euphoria to write games
like Star Thief ("I goooot anoooother ooooooneeee....") and OidZone.
Jacques Deschenes designed functions so you can have WAV file support in
your Euphoria programs and for accessing I/O ports and DOS routines. Daniel
Zimmermann converted the Euphoria programming manual to Spanish and also to
a Windows help file, and has created database routines that can access the
.DBF file standard. Peter Blue created a .FLI player that is usable in
Euphoria programs. Jamie Lays wrote a game called snakers. And let's not
forget David Cuny's powerful text-based GUI interface and Jiri Babor's
enhanced font and mouse routines.
(if I left anyone out, it was not intentional. I'm doing this by memory and
do not feel like looking at the documentation right now)
Best of all, the language is Canadian 8)
David Gay
4. Re: Questions about Euphoria
re: what's Euphoria
what's an EDI? Do you mean IDE (Integrated Development Environment)?
I think of Euphoria as a cross between BASIC and C, with LISP-like data
structures (only better, 'cause you can access them like arrays). It's
interpreted, but faster than you think.
re: What's the purpose?
Hmmm. It's currently a DOS language, although Win32 calls will be added in
the future.
Cool features:
- Public-domain version is FREE!
- Fast
- Easy to learn
- Structured language
- Lists as data structures
- Great debugger
- Accesses *all* your computer memory
- Can be bound into executable
A lot of people are using it to develop video games.
What do I use it for? Mainly, stuff I would have coded in QBASIC. Only I
don't have to worry about running into the 64K memory wall. Very nice.
-- David Cuny
5. Re: Questions about Euphoria
what's an EDI? Do you mean IDE (Integrated Development Environment)?
Don't you know that the French say everything backwards? For instance, NATO
they call OTAN!
