1. Euphoria and Unix
Hello all!
I was just thinking. If ex.exe runs in 32-bit protected mode then a port
to Linux or some other Unix would be a reasonably straight forward
process. I'm assuming that it was compiled with DJGPP. A Unix port would
be benifitial for Euphoria in that it would widen the user base. Also, a
Unix user would more likely be interested in developing his/her own
programs. I'm not saying that Euphoria hasn't done well so far. Quite the
contrary in fact. But Unix users, or at least a high percentage of Unix
users use it primarily for software development and basic tinkering.
Perhaps, sometime in the future, the source code for ex.exe could be
distributed under the Gnu General Public License so that programmers
world wide could help enhance the Euphoria language. These are just
suggestions. What do you think?
Regards Ben.
2. Euphoria and Unix
Ben Van Poppel writes:
> I was just thinking. If ex.exe runs in 32-bit protected mode then a port
> to Linux or some other Unix would be a reasonably straight forward process
Yes. We would like to port to Linux eventually, but we are concentrating
on WIN32 for now. Actually, I worked on Unix systems for many years before
developing Euphoria for DOS.
> Perhaps, sometime in the future, the source code for ex.exe could be
> distributed under the Gnu General Public License so that programmers
> world wide could help enhance the Euphoria language. These are just
> suggestions. What do you think?
Releasing the source is a strategic move that we might consider
at some point in the future, under some conditions.
We've made Euphoria as "free" as we could. It would be wonderful
to live in a world where programmers would develop, maintain,
document, distribute, and provide you with free tech support, while
asking nothing in return. Unfortunately some of us have to eat. 
Regards,
Rob Craig
Rapid Deployment Software
