OpenEuphoria

Re: we need official libs

• Posted by "Bruce M. Axtens" <bruce_axtens at SIL.ORG> Jun 21, 1999
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Thus spake Bernie Ryan  on Sat, 19 Jun 1999:
>>>I think that rather than debating all these complex issue that
>>>we first start establishing some basic standard for the language.
>>>For example when someone authors an include file. There should
>>>be a precise format for the header that is agree to by all users
>>>For instance version #, date, author discription, etc>
>>>These agreed Standards would be incorporated into a standard document
>>>that could be kept at on the Euphoria Web page.
>>>Establishing standards that everyone abides by will help to make
>>>programming easier.
>>>We may not be able to change the language but we can contribute to
>>>it's growth in this simple way.
>>>Maybe you can think of some ideas for these standards instead of
>>>ideas about how to rewrite Euphoria. This would help everybody and it
>>>can be done right now.
>
>I sent the above message in February and nobody replyed so I don't
>think anyone is interested in establishing standards.

Was I on the list in February? .... well whether I was or wasn't I'd like to
vote in favour of programming standards. It would be nice to have a precise
header, if only for the possibility of going to the main Euphoria site and
running a search for a routine. Rob could put a search facility into the web
page and I could then go there and search for, say, "Fast Fourier Transform" and
the search engine would rip through the headers and return a list of likely
candidates. Considering the rate of additions to the Archive and Reader Contribs
sections, I've got Buckley's chance of finding anything these days except by
reading through every item on the pages concerned.

Having said all that I don't want to get involved in any religious arguments
about variable naming standards just yet: let's get our interface to the outside
world worked out first.

Bruce.

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