1. Re: How you discovered Euphoria? [was: Re: Please help me, who to start (B
Jason Gade wrote:
>
> ags wrote:
> >
> > Chris Burch wrote:
> >
> > > I started with GWBasix, moved to PCC, then Delphi - which I thought was
> > > the
> > > bees knees, until I discovered C again (gcc on Linux), and finally I came
> > > across
> > > this 'hobby' language almost by accident - and to be quite honest, once
> > > you
> > > start to grasp the sequence concept, and its ease of use of syntax, well I
> > > haven't
> > > look back since.
> >
> > I think it would be interesting to know how people 'discovered' Euphoria?
> > Considering the miniscule marketing for it...
> >
> > I came across Euphoria in relation to the Morphit (sp) 3D modelling system,
> > or someone's Euphoria wrapper (I presume now).
> >
> > I looked at some of the Euphoria examples and thought 'this looks like a
> > simple and powerful language' which appealed to me from my Perl/C
> > background.
> >
> > This emphasises the need for people who code killer apps, to make proud the
> > fact that it was written in Euphoria!
> >
> > Gary
>
> I don't remember very well, it has been a long time. I know I haven't produced
> much code and I've made my criticisms, but I love Euphoria.
>
> I was new to the internet at the time, and I was looking for a free
> programming
> language for Windows. I don't think gcc had been ported to Windows yet, or at
> least I hadn't heard about Cygwin or DJGPP. I had found Liberty Basic, and I
> thought that it looked pretty good but I was looking for something that was
> "Free as in beer". I found Euphoria version 1.4 or 1.5 and I fell in love with
> it.
(snip)
I also was using Liberty Basic which I thought was great. But too slow then
I found Euphoria which was so much faster and I was sold. I was using a 66Mhz
Clock at the time.
I don't remember where I found Euphoria from.
Don Cole
A Bug is an un-documented feature.
A Feature is a documented Bug.
