1. Food For Thought
Hi All,
First: I would like to say thank you to all those who requested=
to
Beta Test Extreme10, and you should receive your copy by the end=
of
the day.
Second: Yesterday a very disgruntle Euphorian E-mailed me, and he=
made it clear he thought I was misleading the community by=
implying
that Euphoria does not need improvement. I never implied Euphoria=
does not need improvement, but I do disagree with the recent=
request
for changes by some of our fellow members.
I thought the purpose of Euphoria was to get away from the
constraints of Basic, and give novices the opportunity to learn a=
powerful language in half the time as other languages. Aren't we=
defeating our purpose if we start comparing Euphoria to major
languages like Basic or C/C++? No offence but who cares about=
"goto"?
If goto is so important, go to the language that supports it.=
There
is an opportunity for all of us here to take part in creating
something "NEW" and not just create a hybrid of 2 or three other=
languages.
Of course Euphoria can be improved, but in my opinion we have=
only
scratched the surface of what Euphoria can do. So lets say Robert=
does comply with all the change requests, what then? Euphoria=
will
not miraculously replace Basic or any other language. It is going=
to
take much more than a few simple changes.
Quick Story:
A very broke music composer with a lot of talent decides he wants=
to
make records. He knows he does not have the money to afford a=
$100
dollars an hour for a Recording Studio, so he buys a used=
computer
and a Keyboard Synthesizer. He sets his homemade studio up, and
begins to write music. He began to compose some great pieces with=
$550.00 worth of equipment. When he thought he was good enough,=
he
went to a major record label with his music, hoping to get a
production contract. When the music executive heard his music, he=
signed him on the spot. While the executive and the composer were=
talking, the executive asked him how much money did he spend=
creating
such masterpieces, the composer laughed and said $550.00. Of=
course
the executive could not believe this. The executive asked the
composer how could he create such great music with $550.00? The
composer answered:
" I made the best with what I had, and true talent does not come=
from
expensive studios, but from inside".
No matter if Euphoria had all the things we wanted, we would=
still
have to write the programs. Euphoria is just the tool, but you=
guys
are the talent.
Food for thought.
Christopher Bouzy
President/CEO
2. Food For Thought
- Posted by David Cuny <dcuny at LANSET.COM>
Jul 06, 1998
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Last edited Jul 07, 1998
OK, not *strictly* on the topic of Euphoria, but here are some paper's I've
run across that might resonate.
You might want to check out Worse Is Better, at:
http://laputa.isdn.uiuc.edu/worse-is-better.html
(You might just want to skip the LISP stuff and search for "worse is
better").
More recent is the discussion on the Big Ball of Mud, at:
http://laputa.isdn.uiuc.edu/mud/mud.html
Both of these discuss why software may often appear to be suboptimal, and
why this may not be such a bad thing after all.
Finally, a discussion on "open software" is The Cathedral and the Bazaar at:
http://www.kde.org/food/cathedral/cathedral-paper.html
-- David Cuny
