Re: Pocket PC, Sucess anyone?
Vincent wrote:
>
> Jeremy Peterson wrote:
>
> > Well I don't like to brag but... 
> > I'm a fairly good C programmer but there are a lot of Elite C programmers
> > out
> > in the open source world. Why don't you go to one of those Gnu forums and
> > put
> > the word out that you're looking for someone for this job.
>
> Heh, I doubt anyone other than a Euphorian would be interested in the C source
> code offer. I really dont want to make a big deal out of this if nobody is
> interested.
> I'm not at a total loss though, since I'm learning ISE Eiffel, which has so
> much that I'm not going to mention here.
Eiffel? I looked at it, but the syntax is like Lisp to me.
> > Actually, I was thinking of re-implementing Eu completely in D. It is as
> > fast
> > as C, much easier to program in, and would be easier to use to implement
> > stuff
> > like OOP, threads, and wrapping dlls. The downside of this is that I'd have
> > to start from scratch, but it would solve any licensing problems with Rob's
> > source code. On the other hand, looking at the OpenEu, Peu, Bach, Posetf
> > projects,
> > I get the feeling that not many people would use this if implemented. It
> > would
> > be slower with added features, and some people think this is a serious
> > problem,
> > though with today's computers it is less so.
> > Too, I wouldn't want to take away Rob's bread and butter. I'm rather
> > confused
> > by him. He seems to want Eu to remain simple, like a beginner's language or
> > something. Why doesn't he implement an Expert version of Eu with these
> > features???
> > RDS is a very confusing company.
>
> Derek Parnell is making an Euphoria clone in D, he plans on using it for his
> personal needs, but if he releases it to the general public, it will likely
> fail just like all the other imitations. He and Georg Wrede hang around in the
> Digital Mars D programming forum.
He is??? How come I haven't heard anything about this before?
> There is no way D could be as fast as highly optimized C. D is loaded with
> features,
> including garbage collection (which slows things down a little).
> I suppose D looks superior to C and C++, but looks more like feces against
> Euphoria
> in most cases.
There is too a way. D can use inline asm just like C, and the other features
let you program better so your program runs faster.
> > You could always hire RDS to do this, they have that page on the web site
> > that
> > says they will take programming jobs at cheap rates. No... I don't
> > think
> > Rob would go for that.
>
> I couldn't afford to hire RDS. For example, they wanted $300 USD to add INSERT
> functionality into my specific copy of the Public Domain source code! Judging
> by what Rob said about the price of adding a "goto" label construct to the
> language,
> I'm guessing it could cost me upwards of a million dollars for what I want.
> LOL :P
>
> > Later,
> > Jeremy Peterson
>
> Cheers,
> Vincent
Why don't you pay Derek to put this stuff in for you? I doubt he'd charge as
much as RDS.
Later,
Jeremy Peterson
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