OpenEuphoria

Re: What pushes you away from Euphoria?

• Posted by Pete Lomax <petelomax at blueyonder.co.uk> Aug 08, 2006
• 642 views

On Tue, 08 Aug 2006 03:48:52 -0700, Jeremy Peterson
<guest at RapidEuphoria.com> wrote:

>Pete, I don't appreciate people saying I'm lying
Of course not, no-one does.
If you felt offended and that I overstepped the mark, then I
apologise, but I felt that the point had to be stressed.

>, especially when I'm not.
If you were trying to prove you were not, you failed:
>akusaya 
>> 9. Ed
>3, 4, 5, 7, 9

>Hayden McKay
>> 9. Ed
>#9 and #4 only.

>Salix
>I think that's all. I don't like/use/care about Ed.

>Craig Welch
>> I think that's all. I don't like/use/care about Ed.
>I'm surprised anyone thinks of it at all.

None of those people actually said "Ed should be removed from the
download", did they? While people might have ticked that particular
box under that particular loaded question, I'm with Craig in seriously
doubting it is actually some kind of annoyance to these people that
don't actually use it anyway.

>So here's a little logic for you, Pete.  If most people don't use it(or like
>it), and Rob likes to keep the Eu download small, he should remove it and post it
>in the Archive for people that actually do use it.
>What probably should have been done in the first place.
I don't understand why you are picking on this one 32K file.
Why include docs?
Why include all the demos?
Why supply exw.exe and ex.exe in the same package?
The answer is simple: Rob wants to maintain one package, not half a
dozen. Users want one package, not half a dozen.

The lie of which I speak is not what other people said, nor that you
do not like Ed, it is the "removing ed.ex from the download will
significantly enhance my life" which you know will not. It is a lie.
(nb people, that is an exaggerated inference, not an actual quote)

otoh, "touting ed.ex as the best thing since sliced bread is not
helping the image of Eu" might be true, which was the real point I
tried to make.

Don't take all this too personally. I am a computer programmer, and
therefore by definition I have no social skills or graces. 

Regards,
Pete