Re: More projects?
> wasn't for Euphoria's multi-platform support, despite it's other obvious
> benefits.
> I'm just no longer interested in any platform specific languages.
You represent a small group of people and that is my point. While Robert
tries to please everyone, everyone ends up suffering. Like I have stated
over and over again, the easiest way to solve this is to allow 3rd party
flavors of EU. The only reason why Robert does not allow this is because
he feels another person/company might end up surpassing him.
> You suggest that the Windows 32 API will remain in use 7 years from now, but
> fail to explain why the majority of developers would still wish to use an old
> technology when they could use .NET or WinFX and gain much greater
> productivity
> in almost every aspect of Windows software development. I am fairly certain
> it's Microsoft's plan to phase out the aging Win32 API with the new WinFX
> infrastructure
> by the end of this decade.
Vincent you and I look at things differently. Yes .NET is widely used, but
how many major software products do you know of that use .NET? When was the
last time you bought a major software product that uses .NET? That is what
you have to look at when trying to determine where technology is going.
Windows Vista will still support Win32 API, and because of that you are still
looking at least another 7 years, because that is about how long most
Windows OSes remain significant. With all the advances in computers, there
are still some DOS programs in use, even you admitted you still code for DOS.
> Needless to say, I believe any initiative at this point to hamper Euphoria
> support
> across other platforms could have lethal consequences with an already
> struggling
> language!
I know you are a supporter of EU and to a certain degree so am I, but do you
really think EU will be anything more than a struggling language? Do you
really think the reason why EU is struggling is because it needs to be faster
or support more features? A few years ago before Robert released the source
code to EU, I emailed him and told him releasing the source code will not
increase the amount of users, and I was right. Robert looks at EU as just a
language, but to someone else it is a product, and products have to be
promoted and marketed, and that takes money and effort. Look at the IPOD, it
is the dominate portable MP3 player but the IPOD is a limited feature
gimmick. I could name a dozen MP3 players that are better than the IPOD,
but yet the IPOD remains the top selling MP3 player. Why? Because Apple
has hyped, promoted, and poured millions into brainwashing consumers into
thinking the IPOD is the best thing since sliced bread. What EU needs now
is to be promoted. Robert can forget about attracting users of other
languages, what he needs to concentrate on is people who want to learn how
to code and do not have a lot of money. I am 100% sure if a new coder spent
a few hours using a commercially packaged EU, that coder would be hooked for
life.
----If you continue to do what you have always done,
you will get what you have always gotten.----
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