1. Re: exw (hiding windows complexity)
Reply to Jacques Deschenes:
I don't bother to repeat the words of wisdom you wrote, people interested=
should have stored them, hopefully inside their heads. But, at last,
something less negative about Euphoria for Windows!
Where are all these who asked for a Windows version? Robert Craig has
picked up the ball, has spent months of programming to complete an alpha
version, and now he throws the ball back at us! We should not be afraid o=
f
the ball, but handle it properly! Remember, this is only the alpha versio=
n.
You unfaithfull, do you really think this is all there is? No, we are ask=
ed
not to be afraid of Windows programming and to 'make our hands dirty'.
I'm sure that people willing and able to do so can make something nice of=
exw, with Robert in a leading role. If Liberty Basic can do it, we can do=
it better!
Besides, as far as I know there is (yet) no Win32 version of Liberty Basi=
c.
Of course, for easy programming complexity should be hidden as much as
possible, without loosing the flexibility that is so inherent to Euphoria=
=2E
Windows programming turns out to be far more complicated and complex as
most of us expected it to be. But don't tell me that gurus that can progr=
am
wave players, fast moving graphics and all the lot, are not able to make
something of this project.
What we need are people like Jacques, to grab the cow by the horns.
Let us share as much knowledge as there is, just like we always did up
untill now.
I'm sure Robert is very busy working on a beta version, and hasn't got th=
e
time to reply to all your complaints. Shouldn't we be more gratefull for
everything he's given us this far! People who don't like Windows should
stand up now or be silent for ever, and the others who asked for Windows
should begin studying the examples given and hopefully contribute to the
further enhancement of this, our child.
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