Programming and Martial Arts
- Posted by Shian_Lee Jan 02, 2011
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A little bit of philosophy about Euphoria,
When I was teenager I joined a Judo lessons.
I didn't have a belt. All the others had... Black belts.
The teacher and the other students ignored me.
I had to leave - because no one was willing to teach me the basics.
OpenEuphoria looks more and more like a "Black belts only classroom".
What about "...and a lot more fun than other languages."? or "...easy to learn..."?
Do the 'Black belts' are willing to answer, or maybe, Euphoria is losing, slowly but surely its advantage over other complicated languages.
Don't get me wrong, I still think that Euphoria, including version 4.0, are the real thing.
But - what about a non-black-belt students? - Euphoria, now days, don't offer much.
Euphoria don't supply a simple editor, simple documentation, simple path for beginners.
Somehow, Euphoria is losing its charm.
Is Euphoria going to look like Java in the next few years?
Will we need to read 30,000 pages of documentation and confusion just so we can say "I know how to program"?
History shows that this is exactly what happens to all other programming languages...
FORTRAN sent a man to the moon, 40 years ago... No other programming language did.
Simplicity is something built into the character of human being.
We are losing it.
Thanks.
