1. Re: GUIS - DOS and otherwise
David,
I think you should take a day or two off and grieve properly. I know
she was so young (Gnuphoria was a beautiful child, such a waste!), but
if you do not come to terms with her death, you will become vicious,
bitter and twisted, just like me.
I am commenting on your criticism of Irv's Windoz only because I was
the one (with one or two others) who started the ball rolling way back
in the Golden Era (before exw - pure nostalgia).
A lot of people, hobbyists like me, code in Euphoria because it is
easily accessible, extremely expressive and, generally, such a pleasure
to use. Only a few masochists among us crave the Windows pain. All we
need is a reasonably consistent, preferably extensible set of basic
controls, gadgets if you like, to adorn our games or simple
applications. You know, buttons, checkboxes, menus, simple requesters
etc. We do not need multiple, draggable, resizable windows, changing
focus, complicated modality, and oop approach (<- look at the
spelling, Ralf) to slow it all down.
I had a go. A very early version was used in my rat demo, but then Irv
and you rushed in, and I decided I had better things to do, like to
live the rest of my life...
You had probably a better plan, but Irv's was better looking (Dave,
ugliness of the Mac mimicry is beyond description!). Unfortunately,
you got pregnant (with Gnuphoria, we all mourn her loss) and abandoned
the project (I don't think you were ever terribly fond of that
particular stepchild anyway). And (as usual, it happens to all of us)
Irv became too ambitious, bit off far too much and now is choking on
it.
Have I been unfair to anybody? jiri
