1. Question why use Euphoria
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Hi,
I used to be involved in using Euphoria. Over the years I wrote in COBOL,
several 4th generation languages, some c, basic, Delphi, and Java. After trying
Euphoria, I wrote some system in Rails, and PHP. I have looked at Perl, Python,
aand other languages but was dissatified.
I am wondering why I don't use Euphoria on production projects It seems ok. Have
others used Euphoria in a production mode either straight Euphoria, or converted
to "C" ????
Thanks for any advice
JIM.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I used to be involved in using Euphoria. Over
the years I wrote in COBOL, several 4th generation languages, some c,
basic, Delphi, and Java. After trying Euphoria, I wrote some system in Rails,
and PHP. I have looked at Perl, Python, aand other languages but was
dissatified.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am wondering why I don't use Euphoria on
production projects It seems ok. Have others used Euphoria in a production
mode either straight Euphoria, or converted to "C" ????</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for any advice</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>JIM.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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2. Re: Question why use Euphoria
Hi!
I have used Euphoria a few times for stuff supplied to customers.
I'm employed as a software support guy by trade, and occasionally
a customer will ask for something that the official programs can't do.
Euphoria is great for reading a data file, manipulation etc and
spitting it out again - by GUI or plain batch exe.
For example, my difflist program in the archive.
Its a funny thing though, the the customers need always seems urgent
and desperate/important (so they say) but after the working program
is supplied, they lose interest! I suspect that this has something to do
with me writing the programs for free.
So other than the usual advice for programming in other languages,
I'd say make sure you get paid. ;))
Cheers
Alan
3. Re: Question why use Euphoria
SIXS wrote:
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> I am wondering why I don't use Euphoria on production projects It seems ok.
I use Euphoria for all my projects because it's easy to develop with, is
interpreted so I can edit and run, and it runs fast. It's also well-supported
and is very stable. I can interface it with databases, graphics libraries,
widget libraries, and it's cross-platform.
> Have others used Euphoria in a production mode either straight Euphoria, or
> converted to "C" ????
I've used it for several internal company projects as well as a customized
installer for my company's software. I know that Christopher Bouzy has used
it to developed some very sophisticated (and good-looking) programs that
he is selling. See this article:
http://cklester.com/euphoria/?article=bouzy_interview.article
Euphoria is more than capable for most any project. The only question I have
is how will it scale as a CGI? I'm hoping to put that to the test with my
Building Blocks Content Management Framework:
http://cklester.com/?page=main&content=viewarticle&id=26
I'm not privy to the internal development team, but I hope they're actively
working on making Euphoria even better... see the features request list for
Euphoria here:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=182827&atid=902785
[Rob, what's the status on those feature requests? Is there even a process
in place to determine what features get included? Where's the white paper
for Euphoria development? :) ]
