Re: A controversial topic
- Posted by axtens_bruce Feb 19, 2023
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I've been working on raising Euphoria's profile. And thank you to those among the community here who have helped.
Including "BASIC" in the name wouldn't help at all. BASIC is poohpoohed by significant slabs of the programming world (despite the fact that many people gained a foothold in the industry through it, myself included). BASIC is in the same irrationally-motivated "must hate" list that COBOL is in.
You'd be better off calling it Mongoose for all the good a name change would do. The fact is, the language has had a name for years that has served it well enough. Before fixing the name, how about fixing the product: file off some of the sharp edges and deal with some of the more egregious issues in the outstanding tickets.
-Bruce
