Re: EU is a disaster!
Strange that he did not contact you directly...
On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 15:56:18 -0300, Ricardo Forno <rforno at uyuyuy.com> wrote:
>
> Hello, all.
> My fault. A newspaper here in Buenos Aires published a small note of mine
> that mentioned the "Find Duplicate Files" program, and also encouraged
> contacting the EU site.
> Apparently, this person did so, and was "not satisfied" with it.
> I hope some other people from Argentina will be attracted to the language
> and make useful contributions.
> Sorry for the "mala sangre" (distress) this episode had occasioned, if any.
> Regards.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Patrick Barnes <mrtrick at gmail.com>
> To: <EUforum at topica.com>
> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 8:20 PM
> Subject: Re: EU is a disaster!
>
> >
> > *Puts up "Don't Feed the Troll" sign*
> >
> > So how do you think we will respond?
> > 1. C is over 20 years old, and is one of the most widely used
> > programming languages out there. Almost every non-trivial language
> > *copies* C to some extent, because that is what programmers are
> > familiar with. C has a printf function. Euphoria has a printf
> > function. That makes sense, because a programmer familiar with C is
> > not going to want to learn a new functional system, with new control
> > codes, just to be able to print formatted output to the screen. Java
> > uses this same system for formatted output.
> >
> > 2. Euphoria has far less in common with C than most other languages.
> > Java is much closer to C - it has much more rigid typing, and very
> > similar syntax. Many things are trivial in Euphoria that are very
> > difficult in C - dynamic sequences for one. Some things are trivial in
> > C and somewhat difficult in Euphoria - interfacing with DLL's for one.
> >
> > 3. You are trolling. There are no reasons to come to a forum for
> > euphoria for the first time, and just insult the language. If you have
> > a point, state it. If you are learning the language and having
> > troubles, ask questions on this forum and we will answer you. If you
> > only want to be irritating, go away.
> > --
> > MrTrick
> >
> > On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 16:00:44 -0700, Cualquiera <guest at rapideuphoria.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > posted by: Cualquiera <seba_j2000 at yahoo.com.ar>
> > >
> > > Hello, i think that EU is not a good programming language, is a copy of
> C,
> > > but worst.
> > >
> >
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MrTrick
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